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  • Johnnie McFadden, PhD, the Benjamin Elijah Mays Professor at the University of South Carolina, was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, the only son of five children of Jerry McFadden and...

    Celebrating Education…

    Johnnie McFadden, PhD, the Benjamin Elijah Mays Professor at the University of South Carolina, was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, the only son of five children of Jerry McFadden and...

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  • Smalls abhorred slavery and desired to be free. He was a “trusted” slave and had obtained a position on the Planter as a wheelman. He used his status to flee...

    Robert Smalls, South Carolina Hero…

    Smalls abhorred slavery and desired to be free. He was a “trusted” slave and had obtained a position on the Planter as a wheelman. He used his status to flee...

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  • Bessie Coleman was the first black woman to earn a pilot’s license. Because flying schools in the United States denied her entry, she taught herself French and moved to France,...

    When the Mountain Won’t Move…

    Bessie Coleman was the first black woman to earn a pilot’s license. Because flying schools in the United States denied her entry, she taught herself French and moved to France,...

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  • and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not yet ended.” Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918 in Transkei, South Africa. He became actively involved in...

    With freedom comes responsibilities,…

    and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not yet ended.” Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918 in Transkei, South Africa. He became actively involved in...

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  • Jesse Owens a record-breaking Olympic sprinter and the best athlete of his time, spent much of his life struggling with issues of race. Unlike other athletes of his era, Owens’...

    The Olympian – Jesse Owens

    Jesse Owens a record-breaking Olympic sprinter and the best athlete of his time, spent much of his life struggling with issues of race. Unlike other athletes of his era, Owens’...

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  • Condoleezza Rice was born November 14, 1954, in Birmingham, Alabama. She grew up surrounded by racism in the segregated South but went on to become the first woman and first...

    Differences can be a strength rather than a handicap.

    Condoleezza Rice was born November 14, 1954, in Birmingham, Alabama. She grew up surrounded by racism in the segregated South but went on to become the first woman and first...

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  • The Study Begins In 1932, the Public Health Service, working with the Tuskegee Institute, began a study to record the natural history of syphilis in hopes of justifying treatment programs...

    The Tuskegee Experiment

    The Study Begins In 1932, the Public Health Service, working with the Tuskegee Institute, began a study to record the natural history of syphilis in hopes of justifying treatment programs...

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  • With only a fifth-grade education, Garrett Morgan (born March 4, 1877) began his career as a sewing-machine mechanic. During the innovative early days of manufacturing, Morgan patented his own sewing...

    An Inventor

    With only a fifth-grade education, Garrett Morgan (born March 4, 1877) began his career as a sewing-machine mechanic. During the innovative early days of manufacturing, Morgan patented his own sewing...

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  • The ten protesters who sat down at the McCrory’s counter that morning were Willie Edward McCleod, James Frank Wells, Clarence Henner Graham, Thomas Walter Gaither, David “Scoop” Williamson, Robert Lewis...

    Rock Hill, Jail No Bail & The Friendship Nine

    The ten protesters who sat down at the McCrory’s counter that morning were Willie Edward McCleod, James Frank Wells, Clarence Henner Graham, Thomas Walter Gaither, David “Scoop” Williamson, Robert Lewis...

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  • Daisy Bates was born on November 11, 1914, in Huttig, Arkansas. She married journalist Christopher Bates and they operated a weekly African-American newspaper, the Arkansas State Press. Bates became president...

    Celebration of Black History

    Daisy Bates was born on November 11, 1914, in Huttig, Arkansas. She married journalist Christopher Bates and they operated a weekly African-American newspaper, the Arkansas State Press. Bates became president...

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