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Born To Rebel, Driven To Excel: Introduction | Carolina Stories 1

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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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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...

Born To Rebel, Driven To Excel: Influential Teacher And College President | Carolina Stories 2

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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...

Education of Harvey Gantt: Life At Clemson And Legacy | Carolina Stories
- Episode 3 Education of Harvey Gantt: The Road To Clemson | Carolina Stories 2

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Education of Harvey Gantt: The Road To Clemson | Carolina Stories

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When Harvey was a junior at Burke High School, he joined the NAACP Youth, and then in February, 1960, the “sit-in” protests began, with which the NAACP became heavily involved. These “sit-ins” became...

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Education of Harvey Gantt: Life At Clemson And Legacy | Carolina Stories

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Leaders at Clemson University, and some state legislators attempted to resist the result of the case, but all efforts to overturn the decision were denied. Senator Marion Gressette called for peaceful...

Education of Harvey Gantt: The Road To Clemson | Carolina Stories
- Episode 2 Education of Harvey Gantt: Early Life, And Brown V. Board Of Education | Carolina Stories 1

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Education of Harvey Gantt: Early Life, And Brown V. Board Of Education | Carolina Stories

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In the 1950s and early 1960s, Southern states fought against desegregation, and the last state to comply was South Carolina. In 1963, Harvey Gantt was able to peacefully integrate Clemson College...

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Civil Rights Glossary | Road Trip!

CIVIL RIGHTS - The rights of individuals to be free from unfair or unequal treatment (discrimination) in a number of settings, when that negative treatment is based on the individual's race, gender...

Pickens, William | South Carolina Public Radio

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Pickens, William | South Carolina Public Radio

"P" is for Pickens, William [1881-1954] Educator. Author. Civil Rights Advocate.

Penn Center: A Legacy: Heritage Days | Carolina Stories
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Penn Center: A Legacy: Social Injustice | Carolina Stories

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Penn School closed its doors in the late 1940s and redirected its efforts to address social injustice. 1964 was the height of the civil rights movement. Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr. and his group were...

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