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2. List of African-American historic places in South Carolina

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   These listings illustrate some of the history and contributions of African Americans in South Carolina. Contents: Counties in South Carolina with African American Historic Places. Abbeville - Aiken - Allendale Anderson - Bamberg - Barnwell - Beaufort - Berkeley - Calhoun - Charleston - Cherokee - Chester - Chesterfield - Clarendon - Colleton ...

3. Here's how Greenville's Slow Funeral found themselves playing ...

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   What to know about Slow Funeral's show with Weezer. Slow Funeral will be playing a free pre-show for Weezer on Wednesday, Sept. 18, at 5 p.m. at Greenville's Bon Secours Wellness Arena. The band ...

4. South Carolina in the civil rights movement - Wikipedia

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   Jesse Jackson of Greenville, SC, led many civil rights campaigns in South Carolina. Public libraries in Columbia and Spartanburg desegregated without controversy. In Greenville, however, on July 16, 1960, eight African-American students protested the segregation practices of the Greenville County public library.

5. Wilkins House (Greenville, South Carolina) - Wikipedia

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   16000463 [1] Added to NRHP. July 19, 2016. Wilkins House being moved, September 6, 2014. The Wilkins House is a historic house in Greenville, South Carolina, built in 1878 by Jacob W. Cagle (1832–1910) for merchant and capitalist William T. Wilkins (1825–1895). It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 19, 2016.

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7. Lynching of Willie Earle - Wikipedia

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   Lynching of Willie Earle. The lynching of Willie Earle took place in Greenville, South Carolina on February 16, 1947, when Willie Earle, a 24-year-old black man, was arrested, taken from his jail cell and murdered. It is considered the last racially motivated lynching to occur in South Carolina.

8. Greenville Eight - Wikipedia

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   The Greenville Eight was a group of African American students, seven in high school and one in college, [1] that successfully protested the segregated library system in Greenville, South Carolina in 1960. Among the eight was Jesse Jackson, a college freshman. As a result of the staged sit-in, the library system in the city integrated.

9. Brown Fellowship Society - Wikipedia

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   The Brown Fellowship Society was founded in Charleston, South Carolina in 1790 with the motto “Charity and Benevolence”. It was founded by five free non-whites who attended St. Philip’s Episcopal Church: James Mitchell, George Bampfield, William Cattel, George Bedon, and Samuel Saltus. It was founded “to provide benefits which the white ...