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SC African American History Calendar: September Honoree - Mac Arthur Goodwin
Arts Educator Orangeburg native Mac Arthur Goodwin devoted his life to helping others express themselves through the visual and performing arts. He taught at...
SC African American History Calendar: May Honoree - Clifton B. Newman
For more than two decades, Clifton Newman has served as a circuit court judge in South Carolina—the culmination of a lifelong legal career which was inspired in part by his role in a high school play...
SC African American History Calendar: April Honoree - John L. Scott, Jr.
LAWMAKER John L. Scott, Jr., served as an elected official for over three decades, starting as a member of the Richland County Council, then as a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives...
SC African American History Calendar: March 2024 - Jackie J. Whitmore
The younger of two children born to the late Jerome Levy and Rebecca Whitmore, Jackie J. Whitmore was reared by his maternal grandmother Lucinda Jackson Whitmore and his paternal grandfather Chappelle...
Increasing literacy through Social Studies
Frederick Douglass believed that “once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” Students must be free to succeed. A current initiative of the South Carolina Department of Education is the...