Quiz Bowl Prep Flashcards
Benjamin Griffith Brawley (Columbia)
Macmillan published his book “A Short History of the American Negro” in 1913.
Briggs V. Elliot
Lawsuit filed by 20 African American parents in Clarendon County for equal educational opportunities for their children.
James Brown
Godfather of Soul
Lucy Hughes Brown
First Black female physician to practice in SC
Francis Lewis Cardozo
In 1868, elected secretary of state, becoming the first African American elected to statewide office.
Chubby Checker (Spring Gully near Andrews)
Born Ernest Evans and re-released one of the biggest songs in the history of recorded music, “The Twist.”
Claflin University
The first historically black college or university in South Carolina
Septima Poinsette Clark
Educator, Civil Rights Activist, and “Mother of the Movement
James Clyburn
Represents the SC’s “largest and poorest legislative district,” 6th Congressional District.
Lawrence Edward Doby (Camden SC)-
First African American to play baseball in the American League, Ihe Cleveland Indians, and the second African American to manage a major-league team, Chicago White Sox.
Willie Earl
In 1947, he was arrested in Greenville, SC, for allegedly stabbing and robbing a white taxi driver. He was taken from a Pickens jail by a mob and lynched. The last racially motivated lynching in SC
Marian Wright Edelmen (Bennettsville, SC)
Founder of the Children’s Defense Fund
Harvey Gantt
First African American to attend Clemson University.
Althea Gibson (Clarendon County)
First African American to capture a Grand Slam event when she won the French Championship.
Jonathan Green
An artist whose paintings reflect an authentic historical understanding of lowcountry culture.
Richard Theodore Greener
First African American to graduate from Harvard University and first African American faculty member of University of South Carolina
Archibald Henry Grimke’(Charleston)
Founding member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Gullah
aka “Geechee,” describes a unique group of African Americans descended from enslaved Africans who settled in the Sea Islands and lowcountry of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and North Carolina.
Anna Short Harrington (Cheraw
Hired by The Quaker Oats Company to travel as “Aunt Jemima” who was once on the pancake mix box and syrup bottle.
Henry E. Hayne
The first black student in the history of the University of South Carolina and inaugurated the institution’s first attempt at integration.
Charlayne Hunter-Gault (Due West)
First African American to graduate from the University of Georgia.
Rev. Jesse Jackson (Greenville)
founded Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) and National Rainbow Coalition.
Isaac Samuel Leevy
Kershaw County native and entrepreneur of a department store, a funeral home, a service station, an automobile repair garage, a barber shop, a beauty shop, a real estate development company, a dressmaking operation, a burial association, and even a commercial hog-raising enterprise
Ernest Everett Just (Charleston)
biologist and educator best known for his pioneering work in the physiology of development, especially in fertilization.
Hattie Logan Duckett
Founder of the Phyllis Wheatley Center
Dwight Woods
Founded the Repertory Theater for Youth at the Phyllis Wheatley Center, in Greenville, SC.
Senator Ralph Anderson
Postmaster for 30 years; served on the Greenville City Council for 8 years; served in the SC House of Representatives for 5 years, and served in the Senate, representing District 7 for 16 years.
Dr. Willis Crosby, Jr
Was president and CEO of Sunbelt Human Advancement Resources, SHARE, in Greenville, SC for 38 years
Ruth Ann Butler
Founder and executive director of the Greenville Cultural Exchange Center, since 1987
Peg Leg Bates (Fountain Inn, SC)
Lost left leg in a cotton gin accident, but danced for more than 71 years, as Mr. Bojangles.
Honorable Jimmie Wilson
First Black Magistrate of Greenville County
Willie L. Johnson
First black chief of police for the city of Greenville
Wilfred J. Walker
Broke the color line in Greenville, broadcasting football games from Sirrine Stadium.
Marie Y. Bates
First black woman to host a radio show in Greenville
Fred Garrett
Former leader of Watkins, Garrett, and Woods Mortuary.
James Bobo
Co-founded with spouse, The Community Informer, a newspaper spotlighting African American events in the Upstate
Lillian Brock-Flemming
One of first African American students to attend and graduate from Furman University; first African American woman to be elected to city council; and longtime mayor pro tem of Greenville.
Merl F. Code
Appointed Greenville’s first African American municipal court judge.
Marion Beasley
Former owner of Beasley Funeral Home.
Leola Robinson-Simpson
10 years representing District 25 in the House of Representatives and 16 years on the School Board of Greenville County.
Xanthene Norris
Served District 23 in the House of Representatives for 25 years and led the fight for a paid holiday for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s Birthday.
Mother Emanuel AME Church (Charleston, SC
Church founded by 2 free men in Charleston, SC
Joesph Vaughn
First black graduate of Furman University.
Dr. Thomas E. Kerns
first black superintendent of schools in Greenville County.
Joseph E. Beck
Principal of Sterling High School for 21 years.
Sterling High School
First public black high school in Greenville County
Sara Reese
Opera Singer from Greenville, SC
Joseph Rainey
First duly-elected member of the U.S. Congress, representing SC
Chadwick Boseman
The Black Panther
Willis Crosby
First black DJ in the Upstate
