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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 Eliza Lucas Pinckney | Legacy of Leadership Profile
Eliza Lucas Pinckney | Legacy of Leadership Profile

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Eliza Lucas Pinckney (1722–1793) Eliza Lucas, who was born in 1722 in Antigua, was 16 when she took charge of her father's plantation near Charles Town and successfully managed it. In 1738, Lieutenant...
 Thomas B. Pearce | Legacy of Leadership Profile
Thomas B. Pearce | Legacy of Leadership Profile

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A profile of Thomas Butler Pearce. (1888–1947) Tom Pearce built a small wholesale produce business into one of the nation's largest food distribution companies and still found time to serve his...
 March on Washington | Road Trip
March on Washington | Road Trip

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Joseph McDomick, Jr., former Penn Center project supervisor for over thirty years, tells how Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his inner circle worked at Penn to plan events like the March on Washington...
 Kings Mountain | Project Discovery Revisited
Kings Mountain | Project Discovery Revisited

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Kings Mountain was the site of an important battle of the Revolutionary War. The British were defeated and started a retreat to Yorktown, where they eventually lost the war, giving the 13 colonies...
 Why the Penn Center? | Road Trip
Why the Penn Center? | Road Trip

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Joseph McDomick, Jr, civil rights activist and former Penn Center employee, talks about why Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. chose to visit the Penn Center on many occasions during the civil rights...
 Black Social Workers | Road Trip
Black Social Workers | Road Trip

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Joseph McDomick, Jr., civil rights activist in Beaufort county, shares his story of helping to organize the Welfare Rights Organization (WRO) in Beaufort. McDomick relates how he and other community...