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Berkeley County - Dixie Training School

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Berkeley County - Dixie Training School
The first public school for blacks in Moncks Corner was founded in 1880. Classes were held in local churches until the first school was built in 1900. The three-room school built here 1918-1920 at a...
Berkeley County - Varner Town Indian Community

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Berkeley County - Varner Town Indian Community
The South Carolina Board of Education established a state-funded Indian school for the Varner Town Indian Community in 1938. This one-room school was closed by the state in 1963, forcing integration...
Georgetown County - Howard School

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Georgetown County - Howard School
Land was purchased January 1, 1866 as a site for the Georgetown Colored Academy. The Academy stood on this land until 1908. By 1908 the old building had been torn down and a new school built. At that...
Georgetown County - Joseph H. Rainey House

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Georgetown County - Joseph H. Rainey House
Joseph H. Rainey served in the South Carolina Senate (1868-1870), and in 1870, he became the first African American to serve in the United States House of Representatives. He was elected to four...
Georgetown County - Fannie Carolina House

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Georgetown County - Fannie Carolina House
This residence, located in the Georgetown Historic District, was the home of Mrs. Fannie Carolina, Jonathan A. Baxter House founder and owner of the Fan-O-Lin Beauty School. The Beauty School was one...
York County - Friendship College

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York County - Friendship College
Friendship Junior College was founded in 1891 under the name Friendship Institute. The first class, with an enrollment of eleven pupils, was held October 11, 1891. Rev. Mansel P. Hall was the teacher...
York County - Emmett Scott School

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York County - Emmett Scott School
This school, founded in 1920, was the first public school for blacks in Rock Hill. Named for Emmett J. Scott (1873-1957), a prominent educator who was then secretary of Howard University, Emmett Scott...
York County - Afro-American Insurance Co.

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York County - Afro-American Insurance Co.
The Afro-American Insurance Company Building was constructed c. 1909 by William W. Smith, an African American architect and builder from Charlotte, North Carolina. It housed the local office of the...
York County - Catawba Indian School | Road Trip

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York County - Catawba Indian School | Road Trip
Although recognized by South Carolina, the Catawba did not receive federal recognition until 1941. In 1959 they petitioned Congress to terminate their tribal status, and tribal landholdings were...
York County: McCrory's Civil Rights Sit-ins | Road Trip

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York County: McCrory's Civil Rights Sit-ins | Road Trip
This building, built in 1901, was occupied by McCrory's Five & Dime from 1937 to 1997. On February 12, 1960, black students from Friendship Jr. College in Rock Hill were denied service at the McCrory...