HBCU

HBCUs in South Carolina | Carolina Snaps

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South Carolina is home to 8 of the 107 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), including Claflin University, the state's oldest and one of the top HBCUs. HBCUs played a vital role in...

The Pink Palace | The World of Cecil

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Grades: 8 9 10 11 12

The sixth segment delves into the historical student protest in Orangeburg, South Carolina, in 1960. The movement, inspired by the Greensboro sit-ins, featured students from Claflin and South Carolina...

The Orangeburg Freedom Movement | The World of Cecil

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Grades: 8 9 10 11 12

This video covers the events in Orangeburg during the summer of 1955. The local branch of the NAACP formulated a petition requesting the desegregation of schools in line with the 1954 Brown v. Board...

Elizabeth Evelyn Wright | Carolina Snaps

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Elizabeth Evelyn Wright’s dream of establishing a school in South Carolina would come true in 1897. Elizabeth Evelyn Wright, a graduate of Tuskegee Institute, had a deep desire to open a school where...

Mary McLeod Bethune | Carolina Snaps

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune is hailed as one of the most influential African American educators and Civil Rights figures, during the first half of the 20th century. Born on a cotton farm in Mayesville, SC...

The History of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)

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Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12

Students will understand and analyze the impact of the contemporary college experience as seen through the lens of Historically Black College and Universities (HBCU) students and these schools'...

Dr. Sherman James, Part 5: The HBCU Experience at Fayetteville State and Talladega College | SC African American History Calendar (2021)

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Grades: 8 9 10 11 12

Despite being a small town in South Carolina, Hartsville, SC produced two honorees of the South Carolina African American History calendar, who grew-up together at the same time: Jannie Harriot (May...

Dr. Sherman James, Part 4: Traveling in the South | SC African American History Calendar (2021)

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Grades: 8 9 10 11 12

Willis and Clara Langley, Part 2 | SC African American History Calendar (2021)

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

HBCU, The Urban League and NAACP Willis Langley shares his experience attending a HBCU (Historically Black College and Universities). The Langley's also discuss their involvement with The Urban League...

Voting Rights and the Continuing Battle for Equity Since Reconstruction

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Grades: 7 8 9 10 11 12

On the verge of Election Day, the Reconstruction 360 project team visited Norfolk State University, an HBCU in Virginia, to explore how Reconstruction era voting issues resonate in the 21st century.

Technology at Allen University | Palmetto Scene

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Palmetto Scene visits Allen University, a historic Black university in Columbia, where students are excited about using their knowledge to secure high-paying, interesting jobs in the 21st-century...

Sellers, Cleveland Louis, Jr. | South Carolina Public Radio

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

“S” is for Sellers, Cleveland Louis, Jr. [b. 1944]. Civil rights activist. Educator. Sellers attended Howard University where he met several student activists, including Stokely Carmichael—later...

Orangeburg County - Claflin University

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Claflin College, founded in 1869 as Claflin University, is the oldest historically black college in S.C. and was established to "advance the cause of education, and maintain a first-class institution...