Charleston County -1 | South Carolina Public Radio
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"C" is for Charleston County. [1882 - 919 square miles, population 309,969.]Audio
"C" is for Charleston Hospital Workers Strike [1969].C
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Charleston Hospital Workers Strike - 1969 | South Carolina Public Radio
Charleston Ironwork | South Carolina Public Radio
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“C” is for Charleston Ironwork. Elements of decorative iron first appeared on Charleston buildings during the middle decades of the eighteenth century. Crafted by local blacksmiths, they closely...
Charleston Library Society | South Carolina Public Radio
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“C” is for Charleston Library Society. The Charleston Library Society is the third-oldest institutional library in the United States. Established as a private, subscription library in 1748, it...
Charleston Mercury | South Carolina Public Radio
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“C” is for the Charleston Mercury. Although begun as a literary journal, the Charleston Mercury developed into one of the state’s most radical and combative newspapers. In 1821, a local bookseller...
Charleston Museum | South Carolina Public Radio
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“C” is for Charleston Museum. Founded in 1773, the museum originated as an auxiliary of the Charleston Library Society, dedicated to the collection, preservation, and study of “materials promoting a...
Charleston Orphan House | South Carolina Public Radio
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“C” is for the Charleston Orphan House. In 1790, the Charleston City Council established the Charleston Orphan House, the first public orphanage in America. At the turn of the 19th century, a...
Charleston Poorhouse and Hospital | South Carolina Public Radio
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“C” is for Charleston Poorhouse and Hospital. In 1768, the Commons House of Assembly authorized the building of a Poorhouse and Hospital to care for Charleston’s growing population of paupers...
Charleston Renaissance | South Carolina Public Radio
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“C” is for Charleston Renaissance [ca. 1915-1940]. The Charleston Renaissance was a multifaceted cultural renewal. Artists, musicians, writers, historians, and preservationists—individually and in...
Charleston Riot | South Carolina Public Radio
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“C” is for the Charleston Riot [1876]. As the crucial local, state, and national elections of 1876 approached, tensions between the races in South Carolina reached a boiling point. In Charleston black...