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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...
Bamberg County - Voorhees College

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Bamberg County - Voorhees College
The present Voorhees College campus and buildings date from 1905 to the mid-1930s, and is itself a pioneer in higher education for African Americans in the area. Founder Elizabeth Evelyn Wright, a...
Kershaw County - Boylan-Haven Mather Academy

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Kershaw County - Boylan-Haven Mather Academy
Mather Academy was founded in 1887 by the New England Southern Conference of the Women's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church. Mather Academy educated black girls, and later boys, in grades...
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...
Sumter County - Goodwill Parochial School

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Sumter County - Goodwill Parochial School
The school building, built circa 1890, is significant as a scarce and relatively intact example of late nineteenth-century vernacular architecture associated with the African American community and...
Darlington County - Butler School

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Darlington County - Butler School
Butler School served Hartsville's black community for over sixty years. Many prominent African Americans graduated from Butler, including Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Cornell A. Wilson Jr.; Dr. Gerald A...
Aiken County - Schofield School

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Aiken County - Schofield School
Martha Schofield was a young Quaker woman from Pennsylvania who wanted to do something to help newly freed African Americans after the Civil War. With her life savings of $468, she went to St. Helena...
Chesterfield County - Dizzy Gillespie Park

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Chesterfield County - Dizzy Gillespie Park
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie got his nickname because he liked to make jokes and act up on stage. He was one of the greatest of all jazz musicians, and the most famous native of Cheraw, South Carolina...