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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Laurens County - Laurens County Training School
Laurens County - Laurens County Training School

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Laurens County Training School opened in 1924 in a building constructed with assistance from the Rosenwald Fund, taught grades 8-11 until 1948. This school, at first emphasizing farming and homemaking...
Newberry County - Howard Junior High School
Newberry County - Howard Junior High School

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Howard Junior High School (also known as Shiloh School) was built on the site of an earlier school constructed by the Shiloh African Methodist Episcopal Church. This one-story, wood frame building...
Charleston County - Harleston-Boags Funeral Home
Charleston County - Harleston-Boags Funeral Home

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Grades: 6 7 8

In 1917 Harleston organized the first branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( N.A.A.C.P.) in Charleston, and many meetings were held in this building. Prominent...
Charleston County - Jenkins Orphanage Band
Charleston County - Jenkins Orphanage Band

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

This building, which was designed by Robert Mills, was constructed in 1833 for the care of sick and disabled seamen. After the Civil War, it became a school for African American children. From 1895 to...
Horry County - St. James Rosenwald
Horry County - St. James Rosenwald

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Image provided by the South Carolina Department of Archives and History. St. James Rosenwald School, which stood from the late 1920s until the early 1970s, was one of several African-American schools...
Anderson County - Faith Cabin Library
Anderson County - Faith Cabin Library

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Because of near total neglect by state and county governments, black schools seldom had adequate libraries in the early twentieth century. This small log building was constructed by community...
Haut Gap Middle School | American Graduate 103
Haut Gap Middle School | American Graduate
Episode 103

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

Haut Gap Middle School of John's Island doubled its enrollment and went from an "at risk" to "good" SDE rating in just three years. Their secret? Going partial magnet.
Lancaster County - Mt. Carmel Campground
Lancaster County - Mt. Carmel Campground

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Organized by former slaves and members of the Mt. Carmel AME Zion Church, this campground has always been an interdenominational gathering place that combines religious services with fellowship. An...
Orangeburg County - Claflin University
Orangeburg County - Claflin University

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Claflin College, founded in 1869 as Claflin University, is the oldest historically black college in S.C. and was established to "advance the cause of education, and maintain a first-class institution...
Orangeburg County - South Carolina State University
Orangeburg County - South Carolina State University

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

South Carolina State University was founded in 1896 as the Colored Normal, Industrial, Agricultural, & Mechanical College of S.C., with its origins in the Morrill Land Grant Acts of 1862 and 1890...