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 Titus Duren | Civil Rights In S.C.

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Titus Duren | Civil Rights In S.C.
Interviewed by Juli Cross, A.C. Flora High School and Kevin Baxter, Scott's Branch High School Titus Duren was on of the first minority students to enter Clemson University following desegregation. He...
 George W. Park | Legacy of Leadership Profile

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George W. Park | Legacy of Leadership Profile
(1852 – 1935) George W. Park was born on a farm near Fannettburg, Pennsylvania. When he was a child, his mother noticed his interest in horticulture and encouraged him to raise flowers in a corner of...
 Ernest A. Finney | Civil Rights in S.C.

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Ernest A. Finney | Civil Rights in S.C.
Civil Rights Youth Media Summit: Ernest A. Finney Interviewed by D'Asia Pelzer (C.A. Johnson High School) and Jessica Green (Scott's Branch High School)
S.C. Governor Robert McNair | Road Trip Why the Penn Center? | Road Trip

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Why the Penn Center? | Road Trip
Joseph McDomick, Jr, civil rights activist and former Penn Center employee, talks about why Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. chose to visit the Penn Center on many occasions during the civil rights...
 James F. Byrnes | S.C. Hall of Fame

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James F. Byrnes | S.C. Hall of Fame
James Francis Byrnes (1882-1972) was born in Charleston and served in all three branches of the federal government. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1911–25) and in the Senate (1931–41)...
 Civil Rights Photography | Artopia  2

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Civil Rights Photography | Artopia
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Cecil J. Williams is a native of Orangeburg, South Carolina. He began taking documentary photographs of his community at the age of nine. By 15, he was working professionally as a freelancer for Jet...
 Eliza Pinckney | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Eliza Pinckney | S.C. Hall of Fame
Short biography of indigo planter and colonial entrepreneur Eliza Lucas Pinckney, another example of the enormous contribution the Pinckney family of South Carolina has made to the history of our...
William Farrow |  S.C. Hall of Fame Elliott White Springs | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Elliott White Springs | S.C. Hall of Fame
"There's no such thing as bad publicity..." This remark, attributed to Irish playwright Brendan Behan, sums up the advertising philosophy of noted textile executive Elliott White Springs of Springs...