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In 1920, Mayesville native Mary McLeod Bethune founded Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona, Florida. In 1935, Bethune was named as head of the Division of Negro Affairs of the National Youth...
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When George Vanderbilt envisioned his grand estate in Asheville, N.C. in the late 1800s, his goal was to be a self-sustaining property. Today, still family owned, the Biltmore continues to honor his...
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In the late 1920's end 1930's a rough landing strip was made on the farm of C.C. Anderson just outside of Walterboro. Starting in 1941, as part of the World War II effort, the U.S. Government acquired...
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Constructed in 1936, Dennis was the first high school for African Americans in Lee County, including Bishopville and nearby rural areas. In contrast with the much larger Bishopville High School, which...
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The building that housed Summerton High School from circa 1936 to the mid-1960s is located at 12 South Church Street in Summerton. In the middle of the twentieth century, the all-white high school was...
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Part 1 In "Climate Change: A Global Reality," moderator John King of CNN and expert panelists examine the relationship between climate change and the human activities that heighten and intensify its...
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Part 2 In "Climate Change: A Global Reality," moderator John King of CNN and expert panelists examine the relationship between climate change and the human activities that heighten and intensify its...
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Part 4 In "Climate Change: A Global Reality," moderator John King of CNN and expert panelists examine the relationship between climate change and the human activities that heighten and intensify its...
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Part 3 In "Climate Change: A Global Reality," moderator John King of CNN and expert panelists examine the relationship between climate change and the human activities that heighten and intensify its...
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European slave traders brought Africans to the New World on ships as early as the 1400s. These voyages across the Atlantic Ocean are called the Middle Passage. It was a terrible experience for the...