Historian and author Walter Edgar mines the riches of the South Carolina Encyclopedia to bring you South Carolina from A to Z. South Carolina from A to Z is a production of South Carolina Public Radio in partnership with the University of South Carolina Press and SC Humanities.
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Blog Order (Podcast 1 in Blog 40) 40. J. Miller, K. Vine, and D. Larkin, ‘The Relationship of Product and Process Performance of the Two-Handed Sidearm Strike’, Physical Education and Sports Pedagogy, 2007, 12, 61–75. 41. K. L. Oliver and R. Lalik, ‘The Body as Curriculum: Learning with Adolescent Girls’, Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2001, 33, 303–33. 42. C. C. Pope and M. O’Sullivan, ‘Darwinism in the Gym’, Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2003, 22, 311–27. 43. J. Quay, ‘Experie ...
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“M” is for Moore, Darla Dee. Business woman, philanthropist.By Walter Edgar
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“M” is for Moore, Andrew Charles (1866-1928)
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0:59“M” is for Moore, Andrew Charles (1866-1928). Biologist, educator.By Walter Edgar
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“L” is for Lucas, Jonathan (ca.1754-1821). Millwright. Born in England, Lucas immigrated to South Carolina around 1786, which proved a fortuitous time and place for the arrival of a talented young millwright.By Walter Edgar
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“L” is for Loyalists. Perhaps twenty-five percent of White South Carolinians either actively opposed the movement for independence or supported British authority against the state government during the American Revolution.By Walter Edgar
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“H” is for Huguenots. Huguenots are French Calvinists.By Walter Edgar
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“H” is for Huguenot Church (Charleston). Located at 140 Church Street, the French Protestant Huguenot church was the first Gothic Revival ecclesiastical building erected in Charleston.By Walter Edgar
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“G” is for Gregg, William (1800-1867). Manufacturer, industrial promoter.By Walter Edgar
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“G” is for Greer, Bernard Eugene (b. 1948). Writer.By Walter Edgar
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“D” is for Dunovant, John (1825-1864). Soldier.By Walter Edgar
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“C” is for Chapman, Martha Marshall, II (b. 1949)
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0:59“C” is for Chapman, Martha Marshall, II (b. 1949). Musician. Classified by many as a country-music artist, Martha Marshall Chapman,II, and her style nonetheless have been difficult to categorize.By Walter Edgar
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“C” is for Cleveland, Georgia Alden (1851-1914)
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0:59“C” is for Cleveland, Georgia Alden (1851-1914). Writer, activist.By Walter Edgar
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“B” is for Bolden, Charles Frank, Jr. (1946-2017)
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0:59“B” is for Bolden, Charles Frank, Jr. (1946-2017). Soldier, astronaut.By Walter Edgar
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“B” is for Boineau, Charles Evans, Jr. (1923-2005)
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0:59“B” is for Boineau, Charles Evans, Jr. (1923-2005). Legislator. Boineau was the first Republican to be elected to the South Carolina General Assembly in the twentieth century.By Walter Edgar
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“B” is for Bonham, Milledge Luke (1813-1890)
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0:59“B” is for Bonham, Milledge Luke (1813-1890). Soldier, congressman, governor.By Walter Edgar
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“W” is for Wofford College. A four year liberal arts college in Spartanburg, Wofford College was founded with a $100,000 bequest from Methodist minister and Spartanburg native Benjamin Wofford.By Walter Edgar
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“W” is for WIS Radio and Television. WIS Radio and Television stations in Colombia played an influential role in the development of South Carolina's media as a result of being among the state’s pioneer commercial broadcasters and located in the state’s capital city.By Walter Edgar
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“W” is for Winthrop University. Located in Rock Hill, Winthrop University traces its roots to1886 when Winthrop Training School, a teacher-training school for Columbia teachers opened.By Walter Edgar
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“S” is for Sirrine, Joseph Emory (1872-1947)
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0:59“S” is for Sirrine, Joseph Emory (1872-1947). Architect, engineer.By Walter Edgar
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“S” is for Sinclair, Bennie Lee (1939-2000). Novelist, poet.By Walter Edgar
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“R” is for Royal Council. The Royal Council was a twelve-man governing board created in 1720 to serve as an advisor to the governor, as a court of appeals, and as an upper house of the legislature.By Walter Edgar
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“R” is for Rosenwald Schools. In the early twentieth century, schooling for southern Blacks was neither well planned nor well supported. Julius Rosenwald, a Chicago merchant and philanthropist, made the most significant contribution to the education of southern rural Blacks of the time through construction of school buildings.…
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“P” is for Poinsett Bridge. Named for Joel Roberts Poinsett, president of the Board of Public Works (1819-1821), the Poinsett Bridge (with a span of 130 feet over Little Gap Creek) was built during the construction of the state highway from Columbia to Saluda Mountain in 1820.By Walter Edgar
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“P” is for Poinsett, Joel Roberts (1779-1851)
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0:59“P” is for Poinsett, Joel Roberts (1779-1851). Congressman, diplomat. U. S. secretary of war.By Walter Edgar
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“P” is for Poetry Society of South Carolina. Those involved with the Poetry Society’s creation in 1920 espoused the idea of a local organization, with its aim to encourage all southern poets.By Walter Edgar
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“P” is for Poellnitz, Baron Frederick Carl Hans Bruno (1734-1801)
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0:59“P” is for Poellnitz, Baron Frederick Carl Hans Bruno (1734-1801).By Walter Edgar
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“M” is for Montgomery, John Henry (1833-1902)
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0:59“M” is for Montgomery, John Henry (1833-1902). Manufacturer, merchant.By Walter Edgar
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“M” is for Montagu, Lord Charles Greville (1741-1784)
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0:59“M” is for Montagu, Lord Charles Greville (1741-1784). Governor.By Walter Edgar
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“M” is for Moncks Corner (Berkeley County; 2020 population 12,497).By Walter Edgar
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“L” is for Lowndes, William Jones (1782-1822)
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0:59“L” is for Lowndes, William Jones (1782-1822). Congressman. In his final important public work, William Jones Lowndes with Henry Clay led the successful effort in the house to pass the Missouri Compromise of 1820.By Walter Edgar
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“S” is for St. Mark’s Parish. South Carolina’s first backcountry parish and by far its largest in land area, St. Mark’s was established in 1757.By Walter Edgar
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“R” is for Ravenel, Harriott Horry Rutledge (1832-1912)
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0:59“R” is for Ravenel, Harriott Horry Rutledge (1832-1912). Novelist, biographer, historian.By Walter Edgar
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"P” is for Parish, Margaret Cecile (1927-1988)
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0:59“P” is for Parish, Margaret Cecile (1927-1988). Author.By Walter Edgar
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“O” is for Opera houses. In the period between 1880 and 1920, opera houses flourished in communities across South Carolina.By Walter Edgar
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“N” is for New Era Club. Founded in Spartanburg in 1912, the New Era Club began disguised as a study group.By Walter Edgar
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“S” is for St. Luke’s Parish. In 1767, the Commons House created St. Luke’s Parish by taking territory from St. Helena’s Parish.By Walter Edgar
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“P” is for Pardo, John. Spanish soldier, explorer.By Walter Edgar
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“O” is for O’Neall, John Belton (1793-1863). Jurist, author, social reformer, entrepreneur.By Walter Edgar
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“N” is for New Ellenton (Aiken County; 2020 population 2,189).By Walter Edgar
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“S” is for Seneca (Oconee County; 2020 population 8,850).By Walter Edgar
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“R” is for Rock Hill Movement. Following the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery and the 1960 lunch-counter sit-ins in Greensboro, African Americans in Rock Hill took the lead in energizing the civil rights movement in South Carolina.By Walter Edgar
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“P” is for Pinckney, Eliza Lucas (ca. 1722-1793)
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0:59“P” is for Pinckney, Eliza Lucas (ca. 1722-1793). Planter, matriarch.By Walter Edgar
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“P” is for Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth (1746-1825)
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0:59“P” is for Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth (1746-1825). Soldier, statesman, diplomat.By Walter Edgar
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“M” is for Mennonites. The Mennonites of South Carolina are a Protestant group descended from the Anabaptists of the Reformation.By Walter Edgar
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“L” is for Lowndes, Rawlins (1721-1800). Jurist, governor.By Walter Edgar
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“L” is for lowcountry baskets. Far as long as people of African descent have lived in South Carolina, they have made baskets.By Walter Edgar
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“H” is for Huger, Isaac (1743-1797). Soldier. Isaac Huger was General Nathanael Greene’s second in command of the Southern Department.By Walter Edgar
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“H” is for Huger, Daniel Elliott (1779-1854)
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0:59“H” is for Huger, Daniel Elliott (1779-1854). Jurist, U. S. Senator.By Walter Edgar
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“H” is for Huck, Christian (d. 1780). Soldier.By Walter Edgar
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“H” is for Howard, Frank James (1909-1996). Football coach. Howard brought attention to the Clemson football program as much as with his colorful, entertaining personality as with his victories.By Walter Edgar
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“G” is for Greer (Greenville County; 2020 population 35,316).By Walter Edgar
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