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1974 - PRESENT. Meet South Carolinians who have served in one of the three branches of government, some in the highest offices.
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Solomon Blatt | History of SC Slide Collection

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Solomon Blatt | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 18
Born in Blackville, in Barnwell County, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants, Solomon Blatt (1895-1986) rose to become one of the most powerful politicians in South Carolina. Educated at the...
Jean Toal | History of SC Slide Collection

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Jean Toal | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 9
On January 27, 1988, Jean Toal was chosen as the first woman to sit on the South Carolina State Supreme Court. Here, her family looks on as the vote confirming her election is announced in the Senate...
I. DeQuincey Newman | History of SC Slide Collection

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I. DeQuincey Newman | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 6
The congressional redistricting in 1981 led to the election of I. DeQuincey Newman as the first African-American South Carolina senator since the end of Reconstruction. Here, he greets some of his new...
Marion Gressett | History of SC Slide Collection

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Marion Gressett | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 5
Marion Gressett (1902-1984, see Marion Gressett And Hyman Rubin) was first elected to the South Carolina state Senate from Calhoun County in 1937. A powerful political figure during the 1950s and...
Lester Bates | History of SC Slide Collection

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Lester Bates | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 10
The growing pressures brought to bear against legal segregation by the federal court system, that culminated in the 1954 Supreme Court decision in "Brown v. The Board of Education" of Topeka, Kansas...