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B. Michael's Progress 3

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B. Michael's Progress
Episode 3
Senator Fritz Hollings was good friends with the Tecklenburg family, and took in Michael as an intern. After working for Sen. Hollings, Michael would find himself in Chicago, Illinois, working for the...
B. Michael's Progress 2

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B. Michael's Progress
Episode 2
Here at the St. Joseph School for the Deaf, students are not taught sign language. Expectations for students, including Michael during his time, are very high at St. Joseph’s, and instead are taught...
Michael's Story | Open Line (1983) 4

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Michael's Story | Open Line (1983)
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Doctors and hospitals are now much more aware of early detection for deafness, compared to when Michael was growing up. After graduating from Chaminade Preparatory College, Michael is now enrolled in...
Michael's Story | Open Line (1983) 3

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Michael's Story | Open Line (1983)
Episode 3
After being a student at St. Joseph’s Institute For The Deaf for four years, Michael Tecklenburg was taken into the care of the Speer family, while attending Chaminade Preparatory College. It was...
B. Michael's Progress 1

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B. Michael's Progress
Episode 1
Michael Tecklenburg is pursuing a career in law and politics. But what makes Michael Tecklenburg stand out is that he is pursuing his education at Columbia University Law School, and his career, while...
McKissick, James Rion | South Carolina Public Radio Montgomery, John Henry | South Carolina Public radio

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Montgomery, John Henry | South Carolina Public radio
"M" is for Montgomery, John Henry (1833-1902). Manufacturer, merchant. In the late 1850s, Montgomery farmed and entered into general merchandising business. After service in the Civil War, he...
Governors | South Carolina Public Radio Guerard, Benjamin | South Carolina Public Radio

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Guerard, Benjamin | South Carolina Public Radio
"G" is for Guerard, Benjamin (d. 1788). Governor. Guerard studied law in England and was admitted to the South Carolina bar in 1761. He served in the Commons House, but spent most of his time dealing...
Black Seventh District | South Carolina Public Radio Burroughs and Chapin | South Carolina Public Radio

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Burroughs and Chapin | South Carolina Public Radio
"B" is for Burroughs & Chapin. Burroughs & Chapin Company, Inc., was formed in 1990 when the century-old Burroughs & Collins Company of Conway merged with Myrtle Beach Farms Company. Headquartered in...
Self, James Cuthbert | South Carolina Public Radio

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Self, James Cuthbert | South Carolina Public Radio
“S” is for Self, James Cuthbert [1876-1955]. Textile manufacturer, philanthropist. A native of Bowles Mountain in Edgefield County [now Greenwood County], Self attended a business college in Virginia...
Doby, Lawrence Edward | South Carolina Public Radio

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Doby, Lawrence Edward | South Carolina Public Radio
"D" is for Doby, Lawrence Edward [1923-2003]. Baseball Player. Larry Doby was the first African American to play baseball in the American League and the second African American to manage a major...
Chapin, Sarah Flournoy Moore | South Carolina Public Radio

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Chapin, Sarah Flournoy Moore | South Carolina Public Radio
"C" is for Chapin, Sarah Flournoy Moore [ca. 1830-1896]. Temperance leader; social reformer. Known as Sallie F. Chapin, she became one of South Carolina's most visible 19th century women leaders...
Ensor, Joshua Fulton | South Carolina Public Radio

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Ensor, Joshua Fulton | South Carolina Public Radio
"E" is for Ensor, Joshua Fulton [1834-1907]. Physician. A Maryland native, Ensor had a distinguished career as a surgeon in the Union Army. After the Civil War, he became active in Republican Party...
Patti Callahan Henry

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Patti Callahan Henry
Meet Patti Callahan Henry, “the Fresh Face of Southern Literature.” Patti’s path to writing is unique. She started her adult life as a nurse, and found herself writing after she found out her daughter...
Sue Monk Kidd

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Sue Monk Kidd
Meet Sue Monk Kidd, author of “The Secret Life Of Bees.” With over six million copies of her novel sold, along with a major motion picture, Monk became a literary sensation. Monk briefly talks about...
Mary Alice Monroe

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Mary Alice Monroe
Meet Mary Alice Monroe, whose best-selling novels nearly all share a dominant, lowcountry theme. She has written ten best-selling novels, but it was not until she moved to the Isle of Palms...
Andrew Pickens

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Andrew Pickens
Episode 2
Dr. Rod Andrew, Jr. discusses the Pickens family’s early history, their Scots-Irish roots, and their transition from Northern Ireland to settling in the back country of colonial South Carolina. Dr...
Andrew Pickens

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Andrew Pickens
Episode 6
With the fall of Charleston at the hands of the British in 1780, the patriot militia officers in the area (including Pickens) laid down their arms and signed a parole, which meant that the person...
Andrew Pickens

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Andrew Pickens
Episode 4
The Backcountry of S.C. had to deal with the fallout of the Cherokee War. Lawlessness was a big problem for the backcountry area, and Dr. Edgar and Dr. Andrew discuss the role of Andrew Pickens as a...
Andrew Pickens

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Andrew Pickens
Episode 5
Attacks by the Cherokee still occurred in 1776, in backcountry S.C. It was during the Cherokee Campaigns where Andrew Pickens earned his reputation as an Indian fighter. The Catawba Indians allied...
Andrew Pickens

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Andrew Pickens
Episode 7
After the Revolutionary War, Pickens becomes known as the premiere negotiator with Native American Indians. Pickens, who originally established a reputation as an Indian fighter, emerges as a peace...