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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 als...

Grade(s): 8

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

The Onset of the Civil Rights Movement
The Onset of the Civil Rights Movement

Lesson

Using 21st century skills of critical thinking and analyzing the students will use technology to examine primary and secondary sources, provide relevant feedback to peers in blog/social media setting...

Gilda Cobb-Hunter
Episode 2

Video

Representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter Discusses her Role in the Removal of the Confederate Flag Representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter has served in the South Carolina State House of Representatives since 1992...
Modjeska Monteith Simkins House

Video

Built between 1890 and 1895, this one-story cottage was home to Modjeska Monteith Simkins, considered "the Matriarch of Civil Rights activists of South Carolina," from 1932 until her death on April 5...
Conversations About The Orangeburg Massacre
Episode 1

Video

South Carolina State University alumni Bonniwell Graham, W. Lloyd Walker, and Johnny A. Jones recall where they were on the S.C.S.U. campus when the shooting occurred on February 8, 1968.
Congressman Jim Clyburn
Episode 1

Video

To say that Congressman Jim Clyburn is a driven man is an understatement. Clyburn had been involved in politics, one way or another, ever since his youth. It was during his time as South Carolina...
Orangeburg Massacre: Remembrances & Reckoning
Episode 1

Video

Fifty years have passed since the tragic Orangeburg Massacre occurred at South Carolina State College. With the protests at the All Star Bowling Alley mere days before, no one anticipated the massacre...