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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.
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 2
Civil Rights Photography | Artopia
Episode 2

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

Cecil J. Williams is a native of Orangeburg, South Carolina. He began taking documentary photographs of his community at the age of nine. By 15, he was working professionally as a freelancer for Jet...
Hugh McColl | S.C. Hall of Fame
Hugh McColl | S.C. Hall of Fame

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

At the age of fourteen, Hugh Leon McColl Jr. learned double entry book-keeping while working at his father's cotton company. This skill would prepare him for a career in banking and would lead McColl...
Dizzy Gillespie | S.C. Hall of Fame
Dizzy Gillespie | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

"From the Be to the Bop: The Musical Legacy of Dizzy Gillespie." An excerpt from South Carolina ETV's Carolina Stories.
General Jacob Edward Smart | S.C. Hall of Fame
General Jacob Edward Smart | S.C. Hall of Fame

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

Jacob E. Smart served with the legendary General "Hap" Arnold in World War II, planning the daring bombing raid "Operation Tidal Wave". During the Cold War General Smart became an important leader in...
Roger Milliken | Legacy of Leadership Profile
Roger Milliken | Legacy of Leadership Profile

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Roger Milliken (1915 - 2010) Through Roger Milliken's leadership and passion for innovation and research, Milliken & Company has become one of the largest and most successful textile and chemical...
Anna Hyatt Huntington | S.C. Hall of Fame
Anna Hyatt Huntington | S.C. Hall of Fame

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

Born in 1876, Anna Vaughn Hyatt came from a family that supported her interest in animals and the arts. Her mother and sister were both artists. Her father was a professor of paleontology, and she...
Cale Yarborough | S.C. Hall of Fame
Cale Yarborough | S.C. Hall of Fame

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

Cale Yarborough was born in 1939 and grew up on a farm in Sardis, South Carolina. He entered his first NASCAR race in 1957 and won the Darlington 500 in 1968. Yarborough won the Daytona 500 four times...
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...