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This segment explores the early 1950s and the significant role South Carolina, particularly Clarendon County, played in the civil rights movement. It discusses Thurgood Marshall's arrival in South...
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Embark on a journey through the remarkable life of Cecil Williams, the acclaimed civil rights photographer from Orangeburg, South Carolina. Over 70 years of capturing pivotal moments in the Civil...
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On November day in 1996, divers representing the private research group Intersal Inc. were concluding the first stage of their search of 18th-century shipwrecks in Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina...
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Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune is hailed as one of the most influential African American educators and Civil Rights figures, during the first half of the 20th century. Born on a cotton farm in Mayesville, SC...
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Ernest A. Finney, Jr., was born in Smithfield, Virginia during the depression, on March 23, 1931. His mother died 10 days after he was born and his father was a teacher who traveled as part of his...
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Modjeska Monteith Simkins is known as the "matriarch of civil rights activists" in South Carolina. Born in Columbia in 1899, Simkins spent her adult life fighting for equality and advocating for human...
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Founded in 2019 by acclaimed civil rights photographer Cecil Williams, the Cecil Williams South Carolina Civil Rights Museum is the Palmetto State’s first and only civil rights museum.
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This trivia quiz will test your knowledge on the history of the Indian Removal Act, or as it is more commonly known, the "Trail of Tears." How much do you know about this chapter of western expansion...
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This trivia quiz will test your knowledge on the history of the Indian Removal Act, or as it is more commonly known, the "Trail of Tears." How much do you know about this chapter of western expansion...
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This quiz will test your knowledge on the history of the Persian Gulf War! How much do you know about the last major conflict of the 20th century? Find out via the quiz below!