SegregationThe legalized segregation of the races in South Carolina arose as a part of white Carolinians’ long reaction to emancipation and Reconstruction.
Sellers, Cleveland Louis, Jr.After graduating from high school, Sellers left South Carolina in 1962 to attend Howard University in Washington, D.C. At Howard he met several student activists, including Stokely Carmichael, who would later become chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
Sheheen, Robert JosephAs Speaker, Sheheen devoted much of his time to organizational and procedural issues at a time when South Carolina’s two-party system was growing increasingly partisan and competitive.
Sheppard, John CalhounIn addition to his law practice, Sheppard served as director and president of the Bank of Edgefield, director of the Edgefield Farmers’ Loan and Savings Bank, and director of the Edgefield Ginning, Milling, and Mining Company.
Simms, William GilmoreLacking much formal education, Simms was a voracious reader and an acute observer. From his reading and his travel he absorbed history as well as local legends and acquired material for the volumes he would later writ
Smith, Ellison DurantU.S. senator. Smith was born in Sumter District (later Lee County) on August 1, 1864, one of ten children born…
Smith, ThomasGovernor. Born in England around 1648, Smith immigrated with his family to Carolina in 1683, likely as a member of…
Smith, WilliamU.S. senator. Born near the North Carolina border, Smith spent most of his life in York District. After studying with…
Smith, William LoughtonLawyer, congressman, diplomat. Smith was born on October 2, 1758, the son of the prominent merchant Benjamin Smith and Anne…
South Carolina Commission on Government RestructuringIn March 1991 Governor Carroll Campbell appointed the thirty-eight-member Commission on Government Restructuring to devise a blueprint for enhancing the…
South Carolina Equal Suffrage LeagueThe South Carolina Equal Suffrage League (SCESL) was formed by the Spartanburg New Era Club and other members of the…
South Carolina Land CommissionAfter the Civil War, South Carolina’s Republican politicians recognized that the lack of access to land by former slaves was…
South Carolina PlanOn April 3, 1944, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Smith v. Allwright that the white primary in Texas was…
South Carolinians for EisenhowerSouth Carolinians for Eisenhower was formed by Columbia attorney Douglas McKay to support the candidacy of the Republican presidential nominee…
Southern Quarterly ReviewThe Southern Quarterly Review (SQR) originated in January 1842 in New Orleans but moved to Charleston later that year, where…
Spence, Floyd DavidsonLegislator, congressman. Spence was born in Columbia on April 9, 1928, the son of J. W. and Addie Jane Spence…
Spratt, John McKee, Jr.Congressman, lawyer. Spratt was born on November 1, 1942, in Charlotte, North Carolina, the son of John Spratt and Jane…
St. Andrew's Society of CharlestonThe St. Andrew’s Society is a social and benevolent organization that was founded in Charleston on November 30, 1729. Its…
St. James Goose Creek ParishA long, narrow rectangle extending northwestward from the Cooper River through modern Charleston, Berkeley, and Orangeburg Counties, St. James Goose…
