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Representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter Discusses Getting into Politics Representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter has served in the South Carolina State House of Representatives since 1992. She is the first African...
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Mayor Steve Benjamin, Columbia’s first African American mayor, was elected in a record-turnout election in 2010. He made it his mission to shape the Capital City into the most talented, educated and...
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Representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter Discusses her Role in the Removal of the Confederate Flag Representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter has served in the South Carolina State House of Representatives since 1992...
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Rear Admiral Reubin B. Bookert is a native of Columbia, S.C. He graduated from C.A. Johnson High School in 1968 and North Carolina A&T State University with a B.S. degree. He also earned degrees in...
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For over sixty years, Lottie Gibson fought for Greenville County’s poor and disadvantaged. As a life member of the NAACP’s Greenville Branch, Gibson was an outspoken civil rights activist. As a youth...
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Mignon L. Clyburn became the first woman head of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) when she was appointed Acting Chair by President Barack Obama in May 2013. She was also the first African...
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Judge Richard E. Fields was born and raised in Charleston, S.C. He attended high school at the Avery Institute, graduated from West Virginia State College in 1944, and earned his law degree in 1947...
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Janice Wannamaker Marshall, a native of St. Matthews, South Carolina, is the daughter of Verna Wannamaker Abney. Marshall was educated in the Calhoun County school system, and is a graduate from...
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Dr. Bessie Ayers Moody-Lawrence dedicated her entire life to education and the law. A prolific advocate, Dr. Moody-Lawrence integrated herself into every facet of society she could to achieve her...
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Part 1: Judge L. Casey Manning discusses growing up in Dillon, SC and the importance of education. The Honorable L. Casey Manning, July 2021 South Carolina African American History Calendar Honoree...