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This indicator was designed to encourage inquiry into how new state and federal Progressive legislation affected individuals and businesses in South Carolina and the U.S. The indicator was also designed to promote inquiry into the new perspectives tha

Grade(s): 8

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

Richland County - Benedict College | Road Trip
Richland County - Benedict College | Road Trip

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Benedict Institute was founded in 1870 by the American Baptist Home Mission Society to provide education for freedmen and their children. The school was named for Stephen Benedict, an abolitionist...
Richland County - Bethel AME Church | Road Trip
Richland County - Bethel AME Church | Road Trip

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The congregation of Bethel A.M.E. Church organized in 1866 and moved several times before constructing this church on Sumter Street in 1921. During the 1960s, Bethel A.M.E. served as a location for...
Tenant Farmers | Pee Dee Explorer

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Learn the history of African-American tenant farmers during the era of reconstruction as Karl McAlis ter , Francis Marion University Librarian, takes us on a tour of the two remaining hewn timber...