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1947-1972. Meet South Carolinians who fought for equality during the Civil Rights Movement.
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Gloria Blackwell (1927-2010) | Road Trip

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Gloria Blackwell (1927-2010) | Road Trip
Gloria (Rackley) Blackwell and her daughter Luma. Gloria and her daughter walk beside Whittaker Elementary School where Mrs. Blackwell was a teacher before she was dismissed for her participation in...
York County: McCrory's Civil Rights Sit-ins | Road Trip

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York County: McCrory's Civil Rights Sit-ins | Road Trip
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...
Charleston County - Harleston-Boags Funeral Home

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Charleston County - Harleston-Boags Funeral Home
In 1917 Harleston organized the first branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( N.A.A.C.P.) in Charleston, and many meetings were held in this building. Prominent...
Orangeburg County - Claflin University

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Orangeburg County - Claflin University
Claflin College, founded in 1869 as Claflin University, is the oldest historically black college in S.C. and was established to "advance the cause of education, and maintain a first-class institution...
Orangeburg County - South Carolina State University

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Orangeburg County - South Carolina State University
South Carolina State University was founded in 1896 as the Colored Normal, Industrial, Agricultural, & Mechanical College of S.C., with its origins in the Morrill Land Grant Acts of 1862 and 1890...
Orangeburg County - All Star Bowling Lanes

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Orangeburg County - All Star Bowling Lanes
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ordered all public places and schools to desegregate and serve blacks and whites equally. For four years, from 1964 to 1968, Orangeburg's All Star Bowling Lanes refused to...
Lee County - Dennis High School

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Lee County - Dennis High School
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...
Clarendon County - Summerton High School

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Clarendon County - Summerton High School
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...
Richland County - Kress Building | Road Trip

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Richland County - Kress Building | Road Trip
This building, constructed around 1935, housed a Kress "five and dime" store with a lunch counter that served whites only. It was one of eight places in Columbia that saw student protests and sit-ins...
Richland County - Allen University | Road Trip

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Richland County - Allen University | Road Trip
Allen University, which was founded in 1881 by the African Methodist Episcopal Church, was named in honor of Richard Allen, founder of the denomination. Established four years after the University of...