Bethune, Mary McLeod | South Carolina Public Radio
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"B" is for Bethune, Mary McLeod. Educator. Social Activist. Government Official.Audio
"F" is for Freedmen’s BureauAfrican American History
Learn about the achievements of African Americans who have shaped South Carolina and American history.
Black History Month is celebrated every February to honor the achievements of African Americans who have shaped American history. Historian Carter G. Woodson hoped to raise awareness of African American's contributions to civilization by establishing Negro History Week. The event was first celebrated during a week in February 1926 that included both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass' birthdays. The week was later expanded to a month in 1976 during the United States bicentennial.
PHOTO: On March 20, 1969, Black hospital workers at the Medical College of South Carolina in Charleston went on strike to protest the firing of twelve employees and to call for higher wages and union recognition.
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McKinney, Nina Mae | South Carolina Public Radio
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"M" is for McKinney, Nina Mae [1912-1967] Actress, dancer.
Charleston Hospital Workers Strike - 1969 | South Carolina Public Radio
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"C" is for Charleston Hospital Workers Strike [1969].
Scofield Normal and Industrial School | South Carolina Public Radio
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"S" is for Scofield Normal and Industrial School [1871-1953].
Pickens, William | South Carolina Public Radio
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"P" is for Pickens, William [1881-1954] Educator. Author. Civil Rights Advocate.
African Methodist Episcopal Church | South Carolina Public Radio
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“A” is for the African Methodist Episcopal Church. The African Methodist Episcopal Church [A.M.E.] is the oldest African American denomination in the country. In 1817, the efforts of white Methodists...
Enterprise Railroad | South Carolina Public Radio
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"E" is for the Enterprise Railroad [1870-1880s].
Black Business Districts | South Carolina Public Radio
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“B” is for Black Business Districts. Prior to the Civil War, free persons of color in South Carolina owned businesses—generally in the service industry—such as blacksmith and harness shops. These...
Black Codes | South Carolina Public Radio
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“B” is for Black Codes [1865-1866]. In 1865, with little direction forthcoming from Washington, the states of the former Confederacy drew up “Black Codes” to clarify the standing of African Americans...
