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Learn about popular monthly observances.

Please note: The photos currently in use date back to the original Periscope website, produced in 2000.

A Daring Escape: The Planter | Periscope
A Daring Escape: The Planter | Periscope
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On the evening of May 12, 1862, the captain and officers of the Planter left the ship to spend the night on the shore. Robert and the rest of the slave crew had to stay on board under captain's orders...
Colored Water Fountain | Periscope
Colored Water Fountain | Periscope
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Ruby was born in 1954. At the time, African-American children and white children had to attend separate schools. Segregation, or the separation of African American and white people, was practiced by...
Mahatma Gandhi | Periscope
Mahatma Gandhi | Periscope
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Gandhi used nonviolent protest to promote civil rights for the people of India. "True nonviolence should mean a complete freedom from ill will and anger and hate and an overflowing love for all." –...
Journal of Negro History Volume I | Periscope
Journal of Negro History Volume I | Periscope
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"Men of scholarship…must show us the right way and lead us into light, which is shining brighter and brighter." - Carter Woodson The association's goal was to study African American history, publish...
The Trail of Tears | Periscope
The Trail of Tears | Periscope
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The Cherokee are the largest tribe in the United States. They have also suffered some of the greatest losses in history of the United States. At one time, "Cherokee country" stretched from the...
Edisto Natchez-Kusso | Periscope
Edisto Natchez-Kusso | Periscope
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In the mid 1700s, the Natchez moved to Kusso lands near the Edisto River in South Carolina. Mixing tribal traditions and culture was not uncommon in South Carolina tribes.
The Pee Dee and the Europeans | Periscope
The Pee Dee and the Europeans | Periscope
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Diseases brought by the Europeans killed great numbers of the Pee Dee Indians. Despite this problem, they traded deer skins and formed alliances with the new colonists. During the Revolutionary War...
Catawba & Tribal Land | Periscope
Catawba & Tribal Land | Periscope
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Many members of the Catawba live on a reservation near Rock Hill, South Carolina. In 1994, the tribe asked the United States government to officially recognize the Catawba Indians' right to tribal...
Santee Community | Periscope
Santee Community | Periscope
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Like most Native Americans in South Carolina, the Santee have a history of trading with early colonists from Europe. In 1701, English explorer John Lawson described his meeting with the "King" of the...
Modern Tribes in South Carolina | Periscope
Modern Tribes in South Carolina | Periscope
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Modern tribes in South Carolina share many of the same interests. They all make great efforts to keep tribal traditions -- arts, language and customs -- intact. Many tribes also share in a desire for...