Switchgrass | Pee Dee Explorer
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A look at how switchgrass replaced cotton and tobacco as one of South Carolina's best crops.Video
Learning about agriculture at the annual Rural Heritage FestivalThe Economic Landscape
1975 TO PRESENT. South Carolinians, businesses and organizations help define and establish business and economic practices in the late 20th century and early 21st century.
Rural Heritage Day | Pee Dee Explorer
Rev. Jesse Jackson, Jr on Voting Rights | Road Trip
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Host, Listervelt Middleton, interviews the Rev. Jesse Jackson for the ETV series FOR THE PEOPLE. In this clip learn about Jackson's roots in the Civil Rights Movement. Jackson talks about the efforts...
Jesse Jackson, Jr. on Economic Equality | Road Trip
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Host, Listervelt Middleton, interviews the Rev. Jesse Jackson for the ETV series FOR THE PEOPLE. Jackson talks about the efforts of his organization Operation P.U.S.H. (People United to Save Humanity)...
Roger Milliken | S.C. Hall of Fame
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Roger Milliken led Milliken & Company for 71 years, during which it grew to become the world's largest privately owned textile and chemical manufacturer. Milliken was the driving force behind the...
Robert Marvin | S.C. Hall of Fame
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Robert Marvin, the father of southern landscape architecture, received numerous accolades and international recognition for his work in and philosophy of modern design within landscape architecture...
Philip Simmons | S.C. Hall of Fame
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A Charleston native, Philip Simmons (1912-2009) was famous for his decorative ironwork pieces, which are featured throughout Charleston and in various other parts of the world. When he began his...
Robert V. Royall, Jr. | Legacy of Leadership Interview
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Robert V. Royall (1934 - ) After David Beasley was elected governor of South Carolina in 1994, his first priority was choosing a secretary to head the Department of Commerce, a new Cabinet post that...
George W. Park | Legacy of Leadership Profile
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(1852 – 1935) George W. Park was born on a farm near Fannettburg, Pennsylvania. When he was a child, his mother noticed his interest in horticulture and encouraged him to raise flowers in a corner of...
Franklyn D. Owen, Jr. | Legacy of Leadership Profile
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(1930 – 1982) In April 1994, Owen Steel Company, Inc., of Columbia sold the largest contract in the company's history — 23,500 tons of structural steel for the Atlantic City Convention Center project...