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Ida McCain's husband was Sumter educator James T. McCain. In 1921, sixteen year old McCain began his involvement in civil rights by registering voters in Sumter county. He was the founding president...
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University of South Carolina student, Tom Benning, gives a brief history of the life of John H. McCray. McCray was a pivotal figure in the Waverly Community, Columbia and in the surrounding areas.
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Waymon Stover talks about his experience marching in Orangeburg in 1963 to desegregate lunch counters and being arrested.
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Former students of both Greenville High and Sterling High talk about the legacy of the segregated schools before desegregation. Present day Greenville High still carries the legacy of both schools...
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Mt. Pisgah A.M.E. church in Greenwood, built in 1908, is a unique treasure for the Greenwood community. CREDIT: Palmetto Places: Greenwood, South Carolina ETV, 2004
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Host, Listervelt Middleton, interviews the Rev. Jesse Jackson for the ETV series FOR THE PEOPLE. In this clip learn about Jackson's roots in the Civil Rights Movement. Jackson talks about the efforts...
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In 1941, the 99th Pursuit Squadron, the first African-American air fighting unit, began training in Tuskegee, Alabama. The pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen included Ernest Henderson of Laurens...
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Eliza and Harry Briggs, Sr. are listed as the first petitioners on the lawsuits from the 1940s and 1950s. Harry, a gas station attendant in Summerton, and his wife, Eliza, lost their jobs and were...
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Curtis J. Franks addresses the role the Avery Institute played in instilling leadership skills in African Americans and the transition from a private to public school. CREDIT: Project Discovery...
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Dr. Charles Thomas was a professor of philosophy at South Carolina State College and a local NAACP official. On at least one occasion, Dr. Thomas mortgaged his home to bail student activists out of...