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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...
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...
SC African American History Calendar - February Honoree: David "Dave the Potter" Drake
David Drake, also known as “Dave the Potter” and “Dave the Slave,” (c.1801-c.1870) was an American potter who lived in Edgefield, S.C. Dave produced alkaline-glazed stoneware jugs between the 1820s...
Reconstruction 360
Reconstruction 360 40 Acres & a Mule Reconstruction 360 is SCETV’s new web and mobile application that brings contemporary scholarship about Reconstruction to a project designed for mobile devices...
January 2019 on Knowitall.org
Happy New Year to all! This month, Knowitall features resources for Martin Luther King Day and African American History Month. Our Holocaust Remembrance Collection provides resources for International...
SC African American History Calendar 2019 - Steve Benjamin
Mayor Steve Benjamin, Columbia’s first African American mayor, was elected in a record-turnout election in 2010. He made it his mission to shape the Capital City into the most talented, educated and...
SCETV Wins Gold AVA Digital Award for Knowitall's Let's Go!
South Carolina ETV has won a Gold AVA Digital Award for its web series, Let's Go! AVA Digital Awards is an international competition that recognizes outstanding work by creative professionals involved...
Now Available on Carolina Stories
The Education of Harvey Gantt In 1960, a talented African-American student from Charleston, Harvey Gantt, graduated from high school and decided to become an architect. Clemson College was the only...
Between the Waters & The Baruchs of Hobcaw Barony - Now Available!
Between the Waters Website and Documentary Now Available! SCETV’s immersive transmedia website showcasing the culture and history of Hobcaw Barony, a 16,000 acre historic site on the coast of South...
Sea Change - Available on Knowitall!
This SCETV special presents diverse perspectives on the impact of sea level rise on the Eastern Seaboard, as experienced in coastal South Carolina and Georgia. Narrator Patrick McMillan takes viewers...
April on Knowitall: Libraries, Literature & Learning Collection and More!
In April, literacy and poetry resources abound in our Libraries, Literature & Learning Collection! We premiere our new series, The Southern Campaign of the American Revolution. For Holocaust...