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Harry Briggs was a World War II veteran. Briggs, a gas station attendant, and his wife, Eliza allowed Rev. DeLaine to use their home for people to sign the petition that became Briggs v Elliott...
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This indicator was designed to foster inquiry into the role of South Carolina in the Modern Civil Rights Movement, to include the influence of court cases such as Briggs v. Elliot and Flemming v. South Carolina Electric and Gas. This indicator was also developed to promote inquiry into the relationship between national leadership, protests, and events and South Carolina leadership, protests and events, such as the Friendship Nine and the Orangeburg Massacre.
Grade(s): 8
Subject(s): Social Studies
Year: 2019
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The son of educators Robert and Mabel Hughes Boulware, Harold Boulware attended Johnson C. Smith and Howard University Law School. After graduation he returned to South Carolina and established a...
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This building, built in 1901, was occupied by McCrory's Five & Dime from 1937 to 1997. On February 12, 1960, black students from Friendship Jr. College in Rock Hill were denied service at the McCrory...
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Constructed in 1936, Dennis was the first high school for African Americans in Lee County, including Bishopville and nearby rural areas. In contrast with the much larger Bishopville High School, which...
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The building that housed Summerton High School from circa 1936 to the mid-1960s is located at 12 South Church Street in Summerton. In the middle of the twentieth century, the all-white high school was...
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Part 4 of Project Discovery's look at the Orangeburg Massacre on its 40th anniversary.
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Part 2 of Project Discovery's look at the Orangeburg Massacre on its 40th anniversary.
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Part 3 of Project Discovery's look at the Orangeburg Massacre on its 40th anniversary.
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Part 1 of Project Discovery's look at the Orangeburg Massacre on its 40th anniversary. In 1968, civil rights demonstrations, to desegregate a bowling alley near S.C. State University, resulted in the...
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Part 1 of the Commemoration of the Orangeburg Massacre on its 40th anniversary: Introduction and Overview
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Part 5 of the Commemoration of the Orangeburg Massacre on its 40th anniversary: Interview with the author of the book, The Orangeburg Massacre, Dr. Jack Bass. Bass was a journalist during the era and...
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The Road Trip Coastal team learns about the historical significance of Atlantic Beach.
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The Road Trip Coastal team speak to Senator Robert Ford about his experiences in the civil rights movement in South Carolina and calls for young people to continue to take action.
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On the final stop, the Road Trip Upstate crew learn about integration in South Carolina schools through real life memories and stories.
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The Road Trip Coastal crew visits the historic Penn Center in Beaufort, South Carolina.
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The Road Trip team learns more about the strategies people used during the Civil Rights movement and how students and young people took action.
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The Road Trip team learns about the struggles for intergration through the story of Harvey Gantt.
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John Trudell, a Native American activist, talks about an often overlooked group of people. Trudell shares how Native Americans fit into the fight for civil rights. Connections, P.A. Bennett, ETV, 2002
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Civil Rights leaders try to desegregate the most racist capital in the nation, Birmingham, Alabama. On "Bloody Sunday," March 7, 1965, some 600 civil rights marchers headed east out of Selma on U.S...
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The Plessy v. Ferguson decision set the precedent that "separate" facilities for blacks and whites were constitutional as long as they were "equal." In 1954, the Brown v. Board of Education case...
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The Road Trip Mid-State crew visits the Modjeska Simkins house to understand more about South Carolina's struggle for Civil Rights.
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The Road Trip team speaks with Cecil Williams about his time in the Civil Rights movement and as a photographer.
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The Road Trip Mid-State crew speaks with Congressman James E. Clyburn.
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The Road Trip Mid-State team visits Liberty Hill and learns about its significance during the Civil Rights movement.