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Francis Lewis Cardozo (February 1, 1836 – July 22, 1903) was an American clergyman, politician, and educator. When elected in South Carolina as Secretary of State in 1868, he was the first African American ...
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Robert Clifton Sarratt (1859–1926) was an American farmer, educator and politician. He served as a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives and the South Carolina Senate, representing Cherokee ...
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Martha Priscilla Shaw (August 29, 1904 – February 9, 1981) was an American educator and politician in the state of South Carolina. She served as mayor of Sumter, South Carolina between 1952 and 1956, thus ...
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Nick Aaron Ford Jr. (August 4, 1904 – July 17, 1982) was an American writer. A native of South Carolina, he was educated at Benedict College and Iowa State University. Ford then joined the faculty of Morgan ...
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Barnett Berry is a research professor at the University of South Carolina, where he is the founding director of Accelerating for Learning and Leadership for South Carolina (ALL4SC) — an initiative launched ...
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Zacariah Wines (November 12, 1847 - January 28, 1920) was a state representative in South Carolina. A historical marker commemorates his life.
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Floyd Breeland (August 5, 1933 – August 11, 2020) was an American politician who served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 111th district from 1992 to 2008. Breeland was born in St ...
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Mamie Garvin Fields (August 13, 1888 – July 30, 1987) was a teacher, civil rights and religious activist, and memoirist. In 1909, she became one of the first African-American teachers to be hired in a ...
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Celia Dial Saxon (October 1, 1857 – January 29, 1935) was an African-American schoolmistress, who taught in Columbia, South Carolina, for 55 years. She was one of the founders of the Fairwold In ...
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Joyce C. Hearn (née Camp; June 16, 1929 – January 20, 2021) was an American politician in the state of South Carolina. She served in the South Carolina House of Representatives as a member of the Republican ...
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Mary Gordon Ellis (April 21, 1889 – September 9, 1934) was an educator and politician from South Carolina. She became the first woman elected to the South Carolina Legislature with her election to the ...
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Kate Vixon Wofford (October 20, 1894 – October 31, 1954) was an educator from South Carolina. In 1922 she became the first woman in the state to hold elected office when she was elected superintendent ...
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Martha Elizabeth Thomas "Mattie" Fitzgerald (August 5, 1894 – January 23, 1981) was an educator and politician from South Carolina. She was the first woman elected to the South Carolina House of Repr ...
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Jody Lumpkin (born August 13, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player who is better known for his collegiate career at the College of Charleston between 1998–99 and 2000–01. As of 2016 ...
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Mamie Julia Rearden (née Lewis; September 7, 1898 – January 2, 2013) was an African American supercentenarian who, upon her death at the age of 114 years and 117 days, was the world's 5th oldest living ...
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John Hill Hewitt (July 11, 1801, New York City—October 7, 1890, Baltimore) was an American songwriter, playwright, and poet. He is best known for his songs about the American South, including "A ...
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Mary M. Frasier (1938–2005) was a famous African American educator who specialized in the area of gifted education at the University of Georgia.
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Esther Hill Hawks (August 4, 1833 – May 6, 1906) was an American teacher, doctor, and activist during the Civil War. She was born in Hooksett, New Hampshire. After becoming enthralled with her husband ...