International Day of Peace and World Day of Peace

Established in 1981, International Day of Peace provides a date for all people, the world over, to commit to peace. In 2001, the General Assembly voted unanimously to designate the Day as a period of non-violence and cease-fire.

World Day of Peace is celebrated January 1st of each year and invites all people to reflect upon the important work of building peace.

Ron's Big Mission | Storytime with SCETV

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Grades: PreK Kindergarten 1 2 3 4

By: Rose Blue and Corinne Naden Illustrated By: Don Tate Read by: Alfred Turner, South Carolina Public Radio Nine-year-old Ron loves going to the Lake City Public Library to look through all the books...

Shaniece Criss | Women Vision SC

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“The world will tell you what success looks like, but truly success looks differently for different people.” The words of Dr. Shaniece Criss. She has defined her own success by fulfilling purpose in...

WWI Photo Gallery | History in a Nutshell

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This photo gallery contains the following visuals: Map of Europe, 1914. Triple Entente Countries In Blue; Triple Alliance/Central Powers Countries In Red The Zimmerman Telegram The Evening World...

The Way Home, Part 6

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Grades: 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Veterans provide advice to future generations, and reflect on the responsibilities that come with freedom, and their wishes for a world without war. They remember those who didn't survive, and they...

The Way Home, Part 2

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

With its navy destroyed, the Japanese have come to recognize that their last line of defense is through suicide attacks on American ships. From the American ships, the kamikazes looked like a swarm of...

Thomas Pinckney | History of SC Slide Collection

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Born in Charleston, the third surviving child of Eliza Lucas and Charles Pinckney, the younger brother of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (see Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, In His 6th Year, and Charles...

Osceola | History of SC Slide Collection

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Osceola ( -1838), the celebrated Seminole Chief, died in captivity at Fort Moultrie on January 30th, 1838. Osceola's death marked the end of a long and determined resistance by his people to the...

Over Here: The Homefront During WWI: Anti-War | Carolina Stories

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In comparison to other wars, particularly in South Carolina, on a scale of remembrance, probably World War II is right up there at the top. Civil War would be next, but World War I may be a forgotten...

Penn Center: A Legacy: Social Injustice | Carolina Stories

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

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...

James Francis Byrnes | History of SC Slide Collection

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James Francis Byrnes (see Governor James Byrnes) rose to prominence in South Carolina and the nation, first in the House of Representatives, and then in the Senate. A supporter of Roosevelt's New Deal...

Germany's Surrender | History of SC Slide Collection

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Grades: 5

The First World War ended with the surrender of Germany "at the eleventh hour, on the eleventh day, on the eleventh month." This headline in "The State" newspaper on November 11, 1918, brought news of...

The Constitution of 1776 | History of SC Slide Collection

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The Constitution of 1776. Even before the Declaration of Independence was written, members of the Continental Congress recognized that, because the English officials had fled from Massachusetts and...

Women's History Month & International Women's Day | Periscope

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Grades: 9 10 11 12

During International Women's Day, people from Europe, Britain, and the United States attended marches and rallies to support equal rights and recognition for women. International Women's Day was a way...

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Legislation | Periscope

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Dr. King's efforts would lead to wider recognition of equal rights, education and political representation for African Americans and other minorities. For his work, he earned a Nobel Peace Prize in...

March on Washington - Crowd on the Mall | Periscope

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Dr. King traveled around the world giving speeches and organizing peaceful protests. He met with presidents to urge support for civil rights. His "I Have a Dream" speech was delivered in Washington, D...

Rosa Parks | Periscope

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Grades: 9 10 11 12

In 1955, Rosa Parks, a seamstress living in Montgomery, Alabama, wanted to peacefully demonstrate what civil rights meant to her. She was arrested for sitting at the front of the bus, a place reserved...

March on Washington | Periscope

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Grades: 9 10 11 12

Like Gandhi, Dr. King committed his life to peacefully helping people attain civil rights. Much of Dr. King's work concerned the civil rights of African Americans. During the 1950s, there were fewer...

Martin Luther King with President Lyndon Johnson | Periscope

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with President Lyndon Johnson at White House in 1966 In 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. told a crowd of 250,000 people, "I have a dream." To many people, Dr. King is...

Episode 6 – Paz Con Vosotros: Peace Be With You

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Episode 6 – Paz Con Vosotros: Peace Be With You

Radio - John F. Kennedy Inaugural Address | Artopia

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John F. Kennedy Inaugural Address (1961) A Closer Look John F. Kennedy rode to his inauguration with the outgoing president, Dwight Eisenhower. Robert Frost read one of his poems at the ceremony...

Orangeburg Massacre, Part 6 | The Big Picture

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Part 6 of the Commemoration of the Orangeburg Massacre on its 40th anniversary: Amid a background that includes the FBI's refusal to reopen the case of the Orangeburg Massacre, residents of Orangeburg...

Waccamaw People's Pow Wow | Pee Dee Explorer

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Grades: PreK Kindergarten 1 2 6 7 8

At the 17th annual Waccamaw People's Festival in Aynor, S.C., Phil White Eagle, 2 nd Chief Judicial with the Waccamaw, describes the Pow Wow as a gathering in which not only tribal people attend, but...

The War Begins | Seared Souls: S.C. Voices of the Holocaust

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By 1939, after seizing land in Czechoslovakia and promising England's Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, that he would remain at peace, Adolf Hitler began World War II. Germany invaded Poland and...

King Hagler | S.C. Hall of Fame

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“King Hagler” was the leader of the Catawba Indian Nation. He had a reputation as peacekeeper with other tribes and colonists. In 1751, Hagler signed a treaty with the Six Nations. In 1756, Catawba...