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Pathways to Success: Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security​ Edition. Accessed October 1, 2015. ed.sc.gov

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Pathways to Success: Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security​ Edition. Accessed October 1, 2015. ed.sc.gov

A Conversation with Judge Finney
A Conversation with Judge Finney

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Ernest A. Finney, Jr., was born in Smithfield, Virginia during the depression, on March 23, 1931. His mother died 10 days after he was born and his father was a teacher who traveled as part of his...
Tameika Isaac Devine | Women Vision SC
Tameika Isaac Devine | Women Vision SC

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Tameika Isaac Devine was age 29 when she ran for office for the first time. She became the first African American female and the youngest person on the Columbia City Council. She recalls winning that...
Malissa Burnette | Women Vision SC
Malissa Burnette | Women Vision SC

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Malissa Burnette is an award-winning attorney and advocate for equal rights for all. She is co-founder of the Burnette Shutt & McDaniel law firm in Columbia. She waged a legal battle to change the...
Lisa Dawkins, Paramedic Student | Let's Go! CAREERS
Lisa Dawkins, Paramedic Student | Let's Go! CAREERS

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Lisa Dawkins is an EMT paramedic student at the Lexington County EMS. Dawkins has a long career in public safety. She was a police officer, a firefighter and a United States soldier. Being a paramedic...
Bobby Wampler, EMS Region Commander | Let's Go! CAREERS
Bobby Wampler, EMS Region Commander | Let's Go! CAREERS

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Captain Bobby Wampler is a Region Commander at the Lexington County EMS. Years ago, after his oldest son had heart surgery, Wampler became exposed to the hospital and health care environment. Inspired...
Richard Fields | SC African American History Calendar 4
Richard Fields | SC African American History Calendar
Episode 4

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Judge Richard E. Fields was born and raised in Charleston, S.C. He attended high school at the Avery Institute, graduated from West Virginia State College in 1944, and earned his law degree in 1947...
Sean O'Neal, Fire Station Captain | Let's Go! CAREERS
Sean O'Neal, Fire Station Captain | Let's Go! CAREERS

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Sean O'Neal is the captain at Station #30 of the Lexington County Fire Service. O'Neal is in charge of scheduling the firefighters under his supervision, as well as providing support. The steps to...