S.C. History

South Carolina's historical events, people and places. Content has been curated to meet South Carolina Social Studies Standards.
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Hines, John Elbridge | South Carolina Public Radio
Hines, John Elbridge | South Carolina Public Radio

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Grades: 6 7 8

“H” is for Hines, John Elbridge [1910-1997]. Clergyman. Civil Rights advocate. A native of Seneca, Hines graduated from Sewanee and Virginia Theological Seminary. After being ordained an Episcopal...
Black Seventh District | South Carolina Public Radio
Black Seventh District | South Carolina Public Radio

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

“B” is for the “Black” Seventh District. After the 1880 census, South Carolina was awarded an additional two seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. Redistricting gave the state’s white Democrats...
Charleston Museum | South Carolina Public Radio
Charleston Museum | South Carolina Public Radio

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

“C” is for Charleston Museum. Founded in 1773, the museum originated as an auxiliary of the Charleston Library Society, dedicated to the collection, preservation, and study of “materials promoting a...
Long, William Williams | South Carolina Public Radio
Long, William Williams | South Carolina Public Radio

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Grades: 6 7 8

“L” is for Long, William Williams [1861-1934]. Agriculturalist. A native North Carolinian, Long worked his family farm before joining the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Plant Industry. He...
McSweeney, Miles Benjamin | South Carolina Public Radio
McSweeney, Miles Benjamin | South Carolina Public Radio

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Grades: 6 7 8

“M” is for McSweeney, Miles Benjamin [1855-1909]. Governor. After serving as co-publisher of a newspaper in Ninety Six, McSweeney moved to Hampton and founded the Hampton County Guardian. He became an...
Furman University | South Carolina Public Radio
Furman University | South Carolina Public Radio

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

“F” is for Furman University. In 1825, the South Carolina Baptist Convention elected a board to organize an institution to train young men for the ministry. The school opened in Edgefield in 1827 and...
Hilton Head Island | South Carolina Public Radio
Hilton Head Island | South Carolina Public Radio

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Grades: 6 7 8

“H” is for Hilton Head Island [Beaufort County; population 33,862]. Located in the southeast corner of the state, Hilton Head Island is the largest of the islands that flank South Carolina’s Atlantic...
Grayson, William John | South Carolina Public Radio
Grayson, William John | South Carolina Public Radio

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Grades: 6 7 8

“G” is for Grayson, William John [1788-1863]. Politician, planter, poet. Grayson spent much of his youth on Parris Island, the inspiration for his later pastoral verse. He graduated at the top of his...
McTyeire, Holland Nimmons | South Carolina Public Radio
McTyeire, Holland Nimmons | South Carolina Public Radio

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Grades: 6 7 8

“M” is for McTyeire, Holland Nimmons [1824-1889]. Clergyman. Educated at Cokesbury Institute and Randolph-Macon College, McTyeire was ordained in 1848 and served churches in Alabama, Mississippi, and...