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October 2019 highlights from Knowitall.org!
For Archaeology Month, we are pleased to announce a new partnership with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources and the South Carolina Heritage Trust. Through this partnership, we are able...
SC African American History Calendar - September Honoree: Bessie Moody-Lawrence
Dr. Bessie Ayers Moody-Lawrence dedicated her entire life to education and the law. A prolific advocate, Dr. Moody-Lawrence integrated herself into every facet of society she could to achieve her...
September 2019 on Knowitall.org
This month, we share content for International Literacy Day through our Libraries, Literature & Learning Collection, and we remember our heroes from September 11, 2001. We explore our Hispanic...
Women’s Equality Day is August 26 – View the Resources on Knowitall.org!
Women’s Equality Day celebrates both the passage of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote - and the idea of equality! It also celebrates organizations who work for equal opportunities...
Knowitall Series & Collections - The Learning Continues on Knowitall.org!
This month on Knowitall, we’ll feature the “heart and soul” of Knowitall – our Series and Collections – that facilitate learning all year long! If you haven’t perused these resources recently, you may...
SC African American History Calendar: August Honoree - Henry Minton
Henry Minton was the visionary behind Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity. Commonly known as the Boulé, an ancient Greek term for a council of chiefs, Sigma Pi Phi was formally established on May 15, 1904...
Travel Bug Got You? Check Out Our Series and Collections and Go!
(Photo of Patina Miller in "Madam Secretary" courtesy of Sarah Shatz/CBS.) Has the summer heat sapped your energy? But it just doesn’t feel like summer unless you head out and explore a few places you...
SC African American History Calendar - July Honoree: Patina Miller
(Photo of Patina Miller in "Madam President" courtesy of Sarah Shatz/CBS.) Patina Miller is a celebrated actress, performer and singer. Born in the small town of Pageland, S.C. on November 6, Miller...
SC African American History Calendar - June Honoree: Janice Marshall
Janice Wannamaker Marshall, a St. Matthews, S.C. native, is the daughter of Verna Wannamaker Abney. She is married to Dr. Henry Thomas Marshall Jr. and, together, are the proud parents to their only...
Summertime Fun! The Learning Continues on Knowitall.org!
Knowitall is full of great places to explore—all over South Carolina—and beyond! In this blog, we’ll feature our Series, Collections, Interactives and VRs. These areas make it easy to locate the...
SC African American History Calendar - May Honoree: Jannie Harriot
Jannie Harriot, daughter of the late James and Marvell Bradley Harriot, was born in Wilmington, N.C. and grew up in Hartsville, S.C. She graduated from Butler High School in Hartsville and attended...
May 2019 on Knowitall.org
Featured content on Knowitall.org for May includes a new series we’re very excited about, Women Vision SC, plus a reminder to teens of the importance of staying safe, especially at this time of year...
SC African American History Calendar - April Honorees: Ethel and Maxie Gordon
For more than 40 years, Drs. Maxie S. and Ethel M. Gordon championed desegregation. The Gordons contributed across a multitude of platforms: First Calvary Baptist Church, Benedict College, Morris...
April 2019 on Knowitall
On Knowitall, our Collections make it easy to find the resources you need for April 2019! Literacy and poetry resources abound in our Libraries, Literature & Learning Collection! (You may be surprised...
March 2019 on Knowitall.org
Women’s History & National Nutrition Month Plus South Carolina Day Resources & More! Knowitall brings you an abundance of content for Women’s History and National Nutrition Month—and it’s all so easy...
SC African American History Calendar - March Honoree: Lottie Gibson
For more than 60 years, Lottie Gibson was a one-woman crusader for Greenville’s poor and disenfranchised. Gibson was an outspoken social activist, widely known and respected for her work with families...
SCETV PBS LearningMedia: Contextualizing the March on Washington & More
Contextualizing the March on Washington The 1963 March on Washington was a promise of unity. Help your students appreciate the significance of this event – and its role in the larger Civil Rights...
Find the Content You Need on African American History—All in One Place—Knowitall!
Knowitall Collections make it easy to find what you need! You may even find things you didn't know you needed! Check out our African American History and Martin Luther King Collections! New this month...