Grade(s): 8
Subject(s): Social Studies
Year: 2019
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Ferdinand Pearson the son of South Carolina civil rights pioneer, Levi Pearson, talks about the court case that his father brought against the Clarendon County School Board. The court case asked for...
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Civil Rights Youth Media Summit: Oveta Glover Interviewed by Cassie Nelson (Scott's Branch High School) and Tyesha Elder (A.C. Flora High School)
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Civil Rights Youth Media Summit: Victoria Eslinger Interviewed by Cassie Nelson (Scott's Branch High School) and Tyesha Elder (A.C. Flora High School)
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Civil Rights Youth Media Summit: James Clyburn Interviewed by Juli Cross (A.C. Flora High School) and Kevin Baxter (Scott's Branch High School)
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Interviewed by Juli Cross, A.C. Flora High School and Kevin Baxter, Scott's Branch High School Titus Duren was on of the first minority students to enter Clemson University following desegregation. He...
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In 1960, Ernest Finney (1931-2017) began his law practice in Sumter, South Carolina, specializing in civil rights advocacy and defense. He represented the Friendship 9, a group of black college...
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Donald Stuart Russell (1906-1998) was a protégé of former Secretary of State James F. Byrnes. Russell was Governor of South Carolina from 1963-1965 and a U.S. Senator. He also served as President of...
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Benjamin Mays (1894-1984) was a minister, educator, scholar and social activist. He was known as the "Father of the Civil Rights Movement."
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Over 50 years ago nine young African American students, known as the Friendship Nine, were jailed after sitting at a whites only counter in downtown Rock Hill. Yesterday they were back in court, but...