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Mary McLeod Bethune, Educator | Periscope
Mary McLeod Bethune, Educator | Periscope
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At a time when there were few educational opportunities for African Americans, Mary McLeod Bethune created schools and a thriving college for them. Mary was born in Mayesville, South Carolina to freed...
Maya Angelou | Poetry All-Stars
Maya Angelou | Poetry All-Stars
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Maya Angelou (April 4, 1928 - May 28, 2014) Dr. Maya Angelou's busy career has included work as a poet, historian, songwriter, playwright, dancer, film producer, director, actress, singer, and civil...
Native American Culture | Periscope
Native American Culture | Periscope
Episode 3

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The histories of Native Americans in South Carolina also have much in common. Beginning in the early 1500s, European colonization meant disease, enslavement and loss of land for most Indian people...
Page from the Book of Kells | National Book Month
Page from the Book of Kells | National Book Month
Episode 3

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Each book was special and took a long time to make. Sometimes a monk worked for a year or more on one book. Usually they were stories from the Bible, so the monks wanted them to be very beautiful...
Pee Dee Then & Now | Periscope
Pee Dee Then & Now | Periscope
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Most members of the Pee Dee Indian Nation now live near the South Carolina towns of Cheraw and McColl. The Pee Dee Indians continue to show a dedication to their land and the people near it. During...
Policemen & Federal Marshals | Periscope
Policemen & Federal Marshals | Periscope
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By the time Ruby was six years old, there were new laws stating that African American and white students had to integrate, or share, schools. People such as Martin Luther King, Jr. had worked for...
Septima Clark | Periscope
Septima Clark | Periscope
Episode 3

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In 1916, Septima Clark was a young African American teacher looking forward to her first teaching assignment in South Carolina. There, she learned firsthand about the poverty and inequality in...
Sustainable Consumption | Periscope
Sustainable Consumption | Periscope
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The words "sustainable consumption" are used to describe a major goal of the U.N.. It's a couple of big words so lets break it down: The word sustainable means to sustain, or keep going. The word...