SC African American History Calendar

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SC African American History Calendar: February Honoree - Thomas Barnwell

SC African American History Calendar: February Honoree - Thomas Barnwell

Thomas C. Barnwell, Jr. was born on Hilton Head Island in 1935 and traces his family back to slavery in Beaufort County. Born to Thomas S. Barnwell, Sr. and Hannah White Barnwell, he grew up with an...
SC African American History Calendar 2023: January Honoree - Brook Benton

SC African American History Calendar 2023: January Honoree - Brook Benton

Singer/songwriter Brook Benton was born Benjamin Franklin Peay in 1931 in Camden, S.C. As a young person, he enjoyed gospel music, wrote songs, and sang in a Methodist church choir in Lugoff where his...
SC African American History Calendar: December Honoree - Sergeant Isaac Woodard Jr.

SC African American History Calendar: December Honoree - Sergeant Isaac Woodard Jr.

Sergeant Isaac Woodard Jr. was born on March 8, 1919, in Fairfield County, South Carolina to Sarah Elizabeth Woodard and Isaac Woodard Sr. He was the fifth of nine children. At 23, Woodard enlisted in...
SC African American History Calendar: November Honoree - Arthur Stanley

SC African American History Calendar: November Honoree - Arthur Stanley

Businessman and civil rights advocate Arthur “Man” Whitfield Stanley, Sr. was born in Darlington, S.C., on August 19, 1914, to Mrs. Martha Stanley Hobday and Mr. Willie Gandy. In 1941, he married...