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Edwin Augustus Harleston (1882 - 1931) | Road Trip
Edwin Augustus Harleston (1882 - 1931) | Road Trip

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Grades: 6 7 8

Edwin Augustus Harleston. In a life that spanned less than fifty years, he was a businessman and a civil rights leader, but in his heart, he was always an artist, a fine portrait painter. Harleston's...
Harvey Gantt | Road Trip
Harvey Gantt | Road Trip

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Grades: 6 7 8

Harvey Gantt was born on January 14, 1943. On January 1963, Harvey Gantt of Charleston, South Carolina, became the first black student to enroll at Clemson College (now Clemson University). Gantt, at...
Sarah Mae Fleming (1933-1993) | Road Trip
Sarah Mae Fleming (1933-1993) | Road Trip

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

In June 1954 Sarah Mae Fleming, a 20-year-old African-American boarded a local bus, owned and operated by South Carolina Electric and Gas Company. According to Fleming the bus driver told her to move...
Ernest A. Finney Jr. | Road Trip
Ernest A. Finney Jr. | Road Trip

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Grades: 6 7 8

A native of Smithfield, Va, Ernest A. Finney Jr. gained respect as an exceptional civil rights advocate, defending more than 6,000 people arrested for participating in some type of civil protest. In...
George A. Elmore (1905-1954) | Road Trip
George A. Elmore (1905-1954) | Road Trip

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Grades: 6 7 8

In 1946, George Elmore attempted to vote in the all-White Democratic primary but was denied the right to vote. In February 1947, the NAACP filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court against John I...
Marian Wright Edelman | Road Trip
Marian Wright Edelman | Road Trip

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Grades: 6 7 8

A native of Bennettsville, Marian Wright Edelman In the mid-1960s as a human rights activist began directing the Legal Defense and Education Fund for the Mississippi NAACP. As the first African...