S.C. History

South Carolina's historical events, people and places. Content has been curated to meet South Carolina Social Studies Standards.

The Power and Right of African Americans to Vote | History of SC Slide Collection

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The Power and Right of African Americans to Vote | History of SC Slide Collection

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The power and right of African-Americans to vote, guaranteed by the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, has been a major driving force behind many of the economic, political, and educational gains made...

Jesse Jackson At "Re-Elect President Carter" Rally | History of SC Slide Collection

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Jesse Jackson At "Re-Elect President Carter" Rally | History of SC Slide Collection

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South Carolina native Jesse Jackson, born in Greenville in poverty, became an important national African-American leader because of his charismatic personality and his organization of African-American...

Nancy Stevenson, SC's First Woman Lieutenant Governor | History of SC Slide Collection

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Nancy Stevenson, SC's First Woman Lieutenant Governor | History of SC Slide Collection

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In 1979, Nancy Stevenson became the first woman elected to the office of lieutenant governor. One of the roles of lieutenant governor is to preside over the Senate. Photo by Vic Tutte, March 1979...

Inauguration of James B. Edwards | History of SC Slide Collection

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Inauguration of James B. Edwards | History of SC Slide Collection

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James B. Edwards descends the steps of the State House with previous Governor John C. West at his January 15, 1975, inauguration as the first Republican governor of South Carolina since Reconstruction...

African American Picket Protesters | History of SC Slide Collection

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African American Picket Protesters | History of SC Slide Collection

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African-American protestors of segregation picket restaurants and stores on Main Street in Columbia, sometime around 1960, proclaiming "Together We Stand, Divided We Fall." Courtesy of the South...

South Carolina: "Heart of the Solid South" | History of SC Slide Collection

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South Carolina: "Heart of the Solid South" | History of SC Slide Collection

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Since the end of Reconstruction, South Carolina had been regarded as the heart of the "Solid South," where only the Democratic Party elected officeholders on either the state or national level. The...

Richard Nixon Appeals to S.C. Dixiecrats | History of SC Slide Collection

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Richard Nixon Appeals to S.C. Dixiecrats | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 11

In 1960, Richard M. Nixon attempted to appeal to South Carolina Democrats who were unhappy with their national party's choice for president, Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy. In a cartoon...

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...

South Carolina Enters the Nuclear Age | History of SC Slide Collection

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South Carolina Enters the Nuclear Age | History of SC Slide Collection

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After the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the United States entered the Cold War determined to retain its leadership in nuclear warfare. One of the results of the entry into...

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The Threat of Polio Disease in the U.S. | History of SC Slide Collection

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Polio, the disease which had crippled Franklin D. Roosevelt, remained a serious threat to the health of American children until the development of a vaccine to prevent it, by Jonas Salk in 1950. This...

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