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Benjamin Griffith Brawley (Columbia)

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Macmillan published his book “A Short History of the American Negro” in 1913.

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Briggs V. Elliot

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Lawsuit filed by 20 African American parents in Clarendon County for equal educational opportunities for their children.

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James Brown

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Godfather of Soul

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Lucy Hughes Brown

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First Black female physician to practice in SC

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Francis Lewis Cardozo

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In 1868, elected secretary of state, becoming the first African American elected to statewide office.

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Chubby Checker (Spring Gully near Andrews)

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Born Ernest Evans and re-released one of the biggest songs in the history of recorded music, “The Twist.”

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Claflin University

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The first historically black college or university in South Carolina

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Septima Poinsette Clark

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Educator, Civil Rights Activist, and “Mother of the Movement

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James Clyburn

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Represents the SC’s “largest and poorest legislative district,” 6th Congressional District.

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Lawrence Edward Doby (Camden SC)-

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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.

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Willie Earl

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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

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Marian Wright Edelmen (Bennettsville, SC)

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Founder of the Children’s Defense Fund

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Harvey Gantt

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First African American to attend Clemson University.

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Althea Gibson (Clarendon County)

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First African American to capture a Grand Slam event when she won the French Championship.

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Jonathan Green

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An artist whose paintings reflect an authentic historical understanding of lowcountry culture.

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Richard Theodore Greener

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First African American to graduate from Harvard University and first African American faculty member of University of South Carolina

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Archibald Henry Grimke’(Charleston)

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Founding member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

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Gullah

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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.

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Anna Short Harrington (Cheraw

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Hired by The Quaker Oats Company to travel as “Aunt Jemima” who was once on the pancake mix box and syrup bottle.

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Henry E. Hayne

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The first black student in the history of the University of South Carolina and inaugurated the institution’s first attempt at integration.

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Charlayne Hunter-Gault (Due West)

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First African American to graduate from the University of Georgia.

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Rev. Jesse Jackson (Greenville)

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founded Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) and National Rainbow Coalition.

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Isaac Samuel Leevy

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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

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Ernest Everett Just (Charleston)

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biologist and educator best known for his pioneering work in the physiology of development, especially in fertilization.

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Hattie Logan Duckett

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Founder of the Phyllis Wheatley Center

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Dwight Woods

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Founded the Repertory Theater for Youth at the Phyllis Wheatley Center, in Greenville, SC.

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Senator Ralph Anderson

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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.

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Dr. Willis Crosby, Jr

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Was president and CEO of Sunbelt Human Advancement Resources, SHARE, in Greenville, SC for 38 years

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Ruth Ann Butler

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Founder and executive director of the Greenville Cultural Exchange Center, since 1987

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Peg Leg Bates (Fountain Inn, SC)

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Lost left leg in a cotton gin accident, but danced for more than 71 years, as Mr. Bojangles.

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Honorable Jimmie Wilson

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First Black Magistrate of Greenville County

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Willie L. Johnson

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First black chief of police for the city of Greenville

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Wilfred J. Walker

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Broke the color line in Greenville, broadcasting football games from Sirrine Stadium.

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Marie Y. Bates

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First black woman to host a radio show in Greenville

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Fred Garrett

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Former leader of Watkins, Garrett, and Woods Mortuary.

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James Bobo

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Co-founded with spouse, The Community Informer, a newspaper spotlighting African American events in the Upstate

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Lillian Brock-Flemming

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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.

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Merl F. Code

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Appointed Greenville’s first African American municipal court judge.

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Marion Beasley

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Former owner of Beasley Funeral Home.

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Leola Robinson-Simpson

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10 years representing District 25 in the House of Representatives and 16 years on the School Board of Greenville County.

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Xanthene Norris

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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.

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Mother Emanuel AME Church (Charleston, SC

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Church founded by 2 free men in Charleston, SC

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Joesph Vaughn

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First black graduate of Furman University.

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Dr. Thomas E. Kerns

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first black superintendent of schools in Greenville County.

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Joseph E. Beck

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Principal of Sterling High School for 21 years.

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Sterling High School

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First public black high school in Greenville County

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Sara Reese

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Opera Singer from Greenville, SC

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Joseph Rainey

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First duly-elected member of the U.S. Congress, representing SC

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Chadwick Boseman

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The Black Panther

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Willis Crosby

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First black DJ in the Upstate

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