South Carolina PlanOn April 3, 1944, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Smith v. Allwright that the white primary in Texas was…
South Carolina State UniversityThe institution was founded in 1896 in Orangeburg as the Colored Normal, Industrial, Agricultural and Mechanical College of South Carolina.…
Southern Methodist ChurchIn 1934 white Methodists in the southern states who opposed the unification of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and the…
Spartanburg County(811 sq. miles; 2020 pop. 326,205). Spartanburg County is located in the northwestern section of South Carolina in the foothills…
Spencer, James AlexanderLegislator, educator. Spencer was born in Charleston on October 23, 1850, the eldest son of James A. Spencer, a porter,…
SpiritualsSouth Carolina can boast a remarkably dynamic musical landscape. Gospel, bluegrass, blues, and string band all have a long history…
St. Helena's ParishOn June 7, 1712, the South Carolina Commons House of Assembly passed an act designating all of the land between…
St. John's Colleton ParishPreviously a part of St. Paul’s Parish, St. John’s Colleton Parish was established by the South Carolina Commons House of…
St. Luke's ParishThe South Carolina Commons House of Assembly passed an act creating St. Luke’s Parish from St. Helena’s Parish on May…
St. Paul's ParishSt. Paul’s Parish was one of the original ten parishes created in South Carolina by the Church Act of 1706.…
St. Peter's ParishIn 1747 the South Carolina Commons House of Assembly established St. Peter’s Parish, bounded on the west by the Savannah…
Staley, Dawn MichelleStaley’s arrival would mark a dramatic change in the fortunes of the Gamecocks women’s basketball program.
State Normal SchoolIn 1873 the South Carolina General Assembly, recognizing a need for trained teachers to educate African American citizens following the…
States' RightsThe doctrine of states’ rights, a recurring theme of South Carolina political thought, is composed of two elements: a belief…
Stewart, Thomas McCantsLawyer, civil rights leader. Born in Charleston on December 28, 1853, to free black parents, George Gilchrist Stewart and Anna…
Stono RebellionThe Stono Rebellion was a violent albeit failed attempt by as many as one hundred slaves to reach St. Augustine…
Stowers, FreddieSoldier, Medal of Honor recipient. This Anderson County native was the nation’s only African American from World War I to…
Stroyer, JacobClergyman, author. Stroyer was born and raised a slave in antebellum South Carolina. After emancipation, he authored an engrossing autobiographical…
Summers, Eliza AnnEducator. Summers was born on January 17, 1844, at Spruce Bank Farm near Woodbury, Connecticut. She was the youngest daughter…
Taylor, Susie KingNurse, teacher. Born into slavery as Susan Baker near Savannah, Georgia, Taylor became free at the age of fourteen when…
