United States – South Carolina
Emmett John Rice (1919-2011)
Economist, academic scholar, and bank executive Emmett John Rice was born on December 21, 1919, in Florence, South Carolina to...
The Charleston Hospital Strike (1969)
The Charleston Hospital Strike occurred between March 19, 1969, and June 27, 1969, in Charleston, South Carolina. The leading causes...
The Greenville Library Desegregation Crisis/ The Greenville Eight (1960)
The Greenville (South Carolina) Library Desegregation Crisis involved eight African American students who protested the segregated library system in Greenville,...
New Year’s Day March, Greenville, South Carolina (1960)
The New Year’s Day March, the first major civil rights demonstration in South Carolina, was a 1,000-person march that protested...
David Drake (ca. 1801-1874)
Prolific David Drake, also known as Dave the Potter, was an enslaved artist born on a plantation in North Carolina...
John Henderson Cartwright (1933-2011)
John Henderson Cartwright, a minister and university administrator, was born in Houston, Texas, on August 17, 1933. Cartwright graduated from...
Robert Smith Jervay, (1873 – 1941)
Robert Smith Jervey founded the R. S. Jervay Printing Company in 1901 in Wilmington, North Carolina. Jervay started the Cape...
Freddie Stowers (1896-1918)
Freddie Stowers, recognized posthumously for his heroism and bravery during the decisive Hundred Days Offensive in France in 1918, was...
Josephine Ebaugh Jones (1920-2017)
Josephine Ebaugh Jones was a community activist and possibly the first Black woman in management at a Fortune 500 company....
