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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...
Bernard M. Baruch | Legacy of Leadership Profile
Bernard M. Baruch | Legacy of Leadership Profile

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

1870–1965 Bernard M. Baruch, the "Park Bench Statesman," made his fortune on Wall Street, but his greatest challenge and his greatest satisfaction were his service to his country as an economic...
Bobby Richardson | S.C. Hall of Fame
Bobby Richardson | S.C. Hall of Fame

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

Bobby Richardson, native of Sumter, South Carolina, played second base for the New York Yankees from 1955 to 1966. He won the Gold Glove Award five times and was selected to the American League All...
Bernard Baruch | S.C. Hall of Fame
Bernard Baruch | S.C. Hall of Fame

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

Bernard Mannes Baruch was by all accounts one of the most famous and influential Americans of his era -- and certainly one of the wealthiest. Born in South Carolina in 1870, Baruch was a governor of...
Charles Townes | S.C. Hall of Fame
Charles Townes | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Charles H. Townes was born in Greenville, South Carolina, July 28, 1915, and grew up on a farm. Townes studied at Furman and Duke Universities, then headed west to Cal Tech. After getting his Ph.D...
Governor Richard W. Riley | S.C. Hall of Fame
Governor Richard W. Riley | S.C. Hall of Fame

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

Richard W. Riley was born January 2, 1933 in Greenville, South Carolina. He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives and Senate from 1963 to 1977 and was elected Governor of South...
Benjamin Mays | S.C. Hall of Fame
Benjamin Mays | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Grades: 6 7 8

Benjamin Mays (1894-1984) was a minister, educator, scholar and social activist. He was known as the "Father of the Civil Rights Movement."
Henry Laurens | S.C. Hall of Fame
Henry Laurens | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Grades: 4 8

Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Henry Laurens (1724-1792) was a rice planter, merchant, slave trader, and Revolutionary War leader. Signer of the Articles of Confederation and delegate to the...
Elizabeth O'Neill Verner | S.C. Hall of Fame
Elizabeth O'Neill Verner | S.C. Hall of Fame

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

Elizabeth O'Neill Verner (1883–1979) was an artist, author and preservationist from Charleston, South Carolina. She was one of the leading figures in the “Charleston Renaissance” movement, which...
Arthur Middleton | S.C. Hall of Fame
Arthur Middleton | S.C. Hall of Fame

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Grades: 4 8

A brief biography of the life of Arthur Middleton, statesman and signer of the Declaration of Independence. Through the use of archival materials, scholar interviews, and historic landmarks and...