Historian Walter Edgar mines the riches of the South Carolina Encyclopedia to bring you South Carolina from A to Z.

 
Title:
Doby, Lawrence Edward | South Carolina Public Radio
Doby, Lawrence Edward | South Carolina Public Radio

Audio

Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

"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...
Dozier, James Cordie | South Carolina Public Radio
Dozier, James Cordie | South Carolina Public Radio

Audio

Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

"D" is for Dozier, James Cordie [1885-1974] Soldier. Medal of Honor Recipient. Elected Adjutant General in 1926 and held the office continuously until his retirement in 1959.
Drayton Hall | South Carolina Public Radio
Drayton Hall | South Carolina Public Radio

Audio

Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

“D” is for Drayton Hall [Charleston County]. Established in 1738, Drayton Hall is a historic plantation located between the Ashley River and Ashley River road—about nine miles from Charleston. At the...
Drayton, Percival | South Carolina Public Radio
Drayton, Percival | South Carolina Public Radio

Audio

Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

"D" is for Drayton, Percival [1812-1865] In 1864, he commanded Admiral David Farragut's flagship, the U.S.S. Hartford, at the Battle of Mobile Bay. It was to Percival Drayton that Farragut shouted the...
Drayton, William Henry | South Carolina Public Radio
Drayton, William Henry | South Carolina Public Radio

Audio

Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

“D” is for Drayton, William Henry [1742-1779]. Revolutionary Leader. Planter. He was educated in England. In 1769, his essay in the South Carolina Gazette, opposing the non-importation association...
Drovers | South Carolina Public Radio
Drovers | South Carolina Public Radio

Audio

Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

“D” is for Drovers. From around 1800 until the 1880s, livestock from Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and North Carolina were driven through Greenville County to the seaport at Charleston—destined for...
Dubose, William Porcher | South Carolina Public Radio
Dubose, William Porcher | South Carolina Public Radio

Audio

Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

“D” is for DuBose, William Porcher [1836-1918]. Professor, theologian. DuBose studied for the ordained ministry at the Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of South...
Duke’s Mayonnaise | South Carolina Public Radio
Duke’s Mayonnaise | South Carolina Public Radio

Audio

Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

“D” is for Duke’s Mayonnaise. Duke’s Mayonnaise is one of the South’s favorite condiments. Around 1917, Eugenia Duke mixed her first batch of mayonnaise in her Greenville home. Unlike similar...
Dunovant, John | South Carolina Public Radio
Dunovant, John | South Carolina Public Radio

Audio

Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

“D” is for Dunovant, John [1825-1864]. Soldier. Dunovant, a sergeant in the Palmetto Regiment, served with distinction in the Mexican War. He later was commissioned as a captain in the U.S. Army. He...