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October, 1780: The Battle of Kings Mountain
On October 7, 1780, Patriot militias consisting of residents of the Carolina Backcountry and the Appalachian Mountain range, called the Overmountain …
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September, 1963: Millicent Brown Enters Rivers High School in Charleston
On September 3, 1963, Millicent Brown, a tenth grader, and Jackie Ford, an eighth grader, walked into Rivers High School …
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August, 1849: Archibald Grimke is Born on Cane Acre Plantation
Archibald Grimke, born an enslaved child at Cane Acre plantation, would grow up to attend Harvard Law School, become a …
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July, 1868: Francis Cardozo is Sworn in as South Carolina’s Secretary of State
While South Carolina spearheaded the secessionist movement in 1860 that ignited the Civil War, the state also found itself briefly …
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