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S.C. Aquarium, Part 1 | Project Discovery Revisited Fire Academy, Part 2 | Project Discovery Revisited

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Fire Academy, Part 2 | Project Discovery Revisited
Students begin their fire training in a Class A combustible burn building. They learn what fire is and how it burns. In a flashover, flames go from the floor to the ceiling. Breathing is done through...
S.C. Aquarium, Part 1 | Project Discovery Revisited Kings Mountain | Project Discovery Revisited

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Kings Mountain | Project Discovery Revisited
Kings Mountain was the site of an important battle of the Revolutionary War. The British were defeated and started a retreat to Yorktown, where they eventually lost the war, giving the 13 colonies...
 Robert V. Royall, Jr. | Legacy of Leadership Interview

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Robert V. Royall, Jr. | Legacy of Leadership Interview
Robert V. Royall (1934 - ) After David Beasley was elected governor of South Carolina in 1994, his first priority was choosing a secretary to head the Department of Commerce, a new Cabinet post that...
 Eliza Lucas Pinckney | Legacy of Leadership Profile

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Eliza Lucas Pinckney | Legacy of Leadership Profile
Eliza Lucas Pinckney (1722–1793) Eliza Lucas, who was born in 1722 in Antigua, was 16 when she took charge of her father's plantation near Charles Town and successfully managed it. In 1738, Lieutenant...
 Frank Washington | Civil Rights in S.C.

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Frank Washington | Civil Rights in S.C.
Civil Rights Youth Media Summit: Frank Washington Interviewed by Cassie Nelson (Scott's Branch High School) and Tyesha Elder (A.C. Flora High School)
 Thomas B. Pearce | Legacy of Leadership Profile

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Thomas B. Pearce | Legacy of Leadership Profile
A profile of Thomas Butler Pearce. (1888–1947) Tom Pearce built a small wholesale produce business into one of the nation's largest food distribution companies and still found time to serve his...
 March on Washington | Road Trip

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March on Washington | Road Trip
Joseph McDomick, Jr., former Penn Center project supervisor for over thirty years, tells how Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his inner circle worked at Penn to plan events like the March on Washington...
 Why the Penn Center? | Road Trip

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Why the Penn Center? | Road Trip
Joseph McDomick, Jr, civil rights activist and former Penn Center employee, talks about why Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. chose to visit the Penn Center on many occasions during the civil rights...
 Titus Duren | Civil Rights In S.C.

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Titus Duren | Civil Rights In S.C.
Interviewed by Juli Cross, A.C. Flora High School and Kevin Baxter, Scott's Branch High School Titus Duren was on of the first minority students to enter Clemson University following desegregation. He...
Avery Institute | Road Trip Black Social Workers | Road Trip

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Black Social Workers | Road Trip
Joseph McDomick, Jr., civil rights activist in Beaufort county, shares his story of helping to organize the Welfare Rights Organization (WRO) in Beaufort. McDomick relates how he and other community...