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How Has the South Shaped American Music? | Take on the South
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Does the Road to the White House Run Through the South? | Take on the South

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Does the road to the White House run through the South? View the debate between noted scholars/authors, Earl Black and Thomas Schaller. Debaters Thomas Schaller Assistant Professor of Political...

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Would Southern Slavery Have Survived the Civil War? | Take on the South

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Dr. Walter Edgar, Dr. Peter A. Coclanis, Associate Provost, International Affairs, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Dr. Stanley Engerman, John Munro Professor of Economics, Professor...

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Dr. Edgar and his guests will discuss the roots of American Music. Debaters William R. Ferris is a professor of history at UNC-Chapel Hill and an adjunct professor in the Folklore Curriculum. He is...

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Born To Rebel, Driven To Excel: Mays' Legacy | Carolina Stories

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After retiring from Morehouse College, Dr. Mays was the first African American elected to the Atlanta Board of Education. Atlanta schools were desegregated and integrated without incident. In...

Born To Rebel, Driven To Excel: Mays And Martin Luther King, Jr. | Carolina Stories 3

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Born To Rebel, Driven To Excel: Mays And Martin Luther King, Jr. | Carolina Stories

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Dr. Mays’ relationship with Martin Luther King Jr., is probably the most significant one, and King has admitted that Mays was his influence to become a minister. Since Mays did not have any boys of...

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Born To Rebel, Driven To Excel: Influential Teacher And College President | Carolina Stories

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After graduating from Bates, Benjamin Mays held several teaching positions, teaching math, and then later, English, at South Carolina State College. From 1934-1940, Mays served as dean of religion at...

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Born To Rebel, Driven To Excel: World Advisor | Carolina Stories

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Mays continued on with his career, meeting and advising with other world leaders. He was appointed by President John F. Kennedy to serve on the commission on civil rights, and played a role in race...

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Born To Rebel, Driven To Excel: Introduction | Carolina Stories

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Dr. Benjamin Mays, educator, minister, and scholar, is seen as one of the most significant figures in American history. His influence of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., would cause America to change its...

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Myrtle Beach City Council member Mary Jeffcoat. This is her full interview from the SCETV documentary "Sea Change." The following questions were addressed in the video: What brought you to become...

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Susan Hitchcock works for The National Park Service in Charleston, SC. This is her full interview from the SCETV documentary "Sea Change." The following questions were addressed in the video: What are...

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