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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James Louis Petigru | S.C. Hall of Fame
James Louis Petigru | S.C. Hall of Fame

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

James Louis Petigru (1789-1863) was a lawyer, jurist, and Unionist politician known for his famous quote “South Carolina is too small for a republic and too large for an insane asylum.” Petigru was...
Frances Ravenel Smythe Edmunds | S.C. Hall of Fame
Frances Ravenel Smythe Edmunds | S.C. Hall of Fame

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

Frances Ravenel Smythe Edmunds achieved national recognition as an advocate for historic preservation. She graduated from the College of Charleston in 1939. In 1947, she founded the Historic...
Edward Rutledge | S.C. Hall of Fame
Edward Rutledge | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Grades: 4 8

A brief biography of the life of Edward Rutledge, statesman, South Carolina Governor, and signer of the Declaration of Independence. Through the use of archival materials, scholar interviews, visits...
James Lide Coker | S.C. Hall of Fame
James Lide Coker | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Grades: 5 8

Born January 3, 1837, in Society Hill, James Lide Coker was a farmer, soldier, businessman, merchant, banker, railroad man, and industrialist. He was a planter in Hartsville until the Civil War began...
Ernest "Fritz" Hollings | S.C. Hall of Fame
Ernest "Fritz" Hollings | S.C. Hall of Fame

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

Ernest “Fritz” Hollings was born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1922. He graduated from The Citadel in 1942 and served as an artillery officer in World War Two. After the war, he was elected to the...
James Marion Sims | S.C. Hall of Fame
James Marion Sims | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Grades: 5 8

James Marion Sims (1813-1883) was a medical doctor and surgeon who became known as the “Father of Modern Gynecology.” Sims was born in Lancaster, South Carolina, and practiced in Montgomery, Alabama...
Anne Austin Young | S.C. Hall of Fame
Anne Austin Young | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Grades: 6 7 8

Anne Austin Young was born in 1892. In a day when relatives and friends threw up their hands in horror at the thought of a woman physician and when people in her home town of Cross Hill referred to...
A. Foster McKissick | Legacy of Leadership Profile
A. Foster McKissick | Legacy of Leadership Profile

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

A. Foster McKissick (1869 – 1938) Anthony Foster McKissick was a major figure in the Southern textile industry and was also a college professor, scientist, state legislator, philanthropist, and...
Civil Rights Photography | Artopia 1
Civil Rights Photography | Artopia
Episode 1

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

Cecil J. Williams did a great deal of civil rights photography. Even as a young boy, before he understood what was going on, he took many important photographs.