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Abolitionist Sarah Grimké was born into a wealthy slaveholding Charleston family in 1792. After experiencing the injustices of slavery firsthand, she became a noted speaker for the antislavery...South Carolina Counties
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The state of South Carolina is made up of 46 counties. Learn more about each county by selecting a county below to explore people, places and events.
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Sarah Grimké | Periscope
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Reef-X | SCETV Series & Specials
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A program through which decommissioned military equipment is cleaned, carefully prepared, and then placed in the ocean bed to build reefs off the coast of Beaufort, South Carolina. "Artificial" reefs...
Friendship Nine Member Talks About Jail, No Bail
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The Friendship Nine consisted of students from Friendship Junior College. These students are best known for their historic one-mile walk from Friendship Junior College to McCrory’s Variety Store on...
Meet the Freedom Walkway Artists
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On January 31, 1961, civil rights history was made in South Carolina. African American students from Friendship Junior College walked a mile to stage a sit-in at a segregated lunch counter on Main...
Dr. Charles H. Townes | Conversations with Scientists & Astronauts
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Dr. Charles Townes, a scientist and a Nobel Prize Winner, and the inventor of the laser, answers a student's question about how he became a scientist. He says it began with his interest in nature and...
Charles M. Duke, Jr. | Conversations with Scientists & Astronauts
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In 1972, Charles Duke served as the pilot on Apollo 16, whose crew was the first to inspect, survey and sample the surface features of the highlands of the moon. He discusses the history of space...
Dr. Kary B. Mullis | Conversations with Scientists & Astronauts
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Dr Kary Mullis, Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry, 1993, discovered how to clone DNA. He also grew up in Columbia, S.C.! He earned a Ph.D in biochemistry from the University of California, Berkeley. In...
Charles F. Bolden, Jr. | Conversations with Scientists & Astronauts
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Major General, USMC, Charles F. Bolden, Jr. - military pilot, astronaut, shuttle pilot, and former NASA administrator (resigned Jan. 20, 2017). In a conversation with students, Major General Bolden...
Lt General Charles Earl Cornwallis | Battle of Camden
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Lieutenant General Charles Earl Cornwallis was appointed by General Henry Clinton to lead the Southern Campaign when Clinton returned to New York. On August 16, 1780, General Gates' army, joined by...
Baron Johann Dekalb | Battle of Camden
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Baron Johann Dekalb was second-in-command to General Horatio Gates.