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 Ernest "Fritz" Hollings | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Ernest "Fritz" Hollings | S.C. Hall of Fame
Ernest “Fritz” Hollings was born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1922. He graduated from The Citadel in 1942 and served as an artillery officer in World War Two. After the war, he was elected to the...
Thomas Green Clemson | S.C. Hall of Fame James Lide Coker | S.C. Hall of Fame

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James Lide Coker | S.C. Hall of Fame
Born January 3, 1837, in Society Hill, James Lide Coker was a farmer, soldier, businessman, merchant, banker, railroad man, and industrialist. He was a planter in Hartsville until the Civil War began...
James C. "Jim" Self | Legacy of Leadership A. Foster McKissick | Legacy of Leadership Profile

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A. Foster McKissick | Legacy of Leadership Profile
A. Foster McKissick (1869 – 1938) Anthony Foster McKissick was a major figure in the Southern textile industry and was also a college professor, scientist, state legislator, philanthropist, and...
 Civil Rights Photography | Artopia  1

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Civil Rights Photography | Artopia
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Cecil J. Williams did a great deal of civil rights photography. Even as a young boy, before he understood what was going on, he took many important photographs.
 James Marion Sims | S.C. Hall of Fame

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James Marion Sims | S.C. Hall of Fame
James Marion Sims (1813-1883) was a medical doctor and surgeon who became known as the “Father of Modern Gynecology.” Sims was born in Lancaster, South Carolina, and practiced in Montgomery, Alabama...
 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...
Anne Worsham Richardson | S.C. Hall of Fame Carlisle Floyd | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Carlisle Floyd | S.C. Hall of Fame
Carlisle Floyd is one of the foremost composers and librettists of opera in the United States. Born in Latta, South Carolina in 1926, Floyd earned degrees in piano and composition at Syracuse...
Robert Mills | S.C. Hall of Fame Charles Cotesworth Pinckney | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Charles Cotesworth Pinckney | S.C. Hall of Fame
5-minute historical visualization of the biography of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney who is an example of the enormous contribution South Carolinians made to the formation of the government of the United...