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Also known as Little Carpenter, he was an influential leader of the Cherokees in the mid-1700s.

Reaction to attempts to unite the white and African-American wings of the Democratic party in S.C. in preparation for the 1940 elections, discussing Sen. James F. Byrnes and NAACP activist Walter White. Smith concludes his essay with challenge, "will red-blooded South Carolinians listen to lobbyists and professional politicians, and fail to amend Rule thirty-two so we can go into our Democratic primaries a united and determined people to maintain white unity and supremacy in South Carolina local and state affairs??? Say 'No' by going to your county convention Monday and demanding that it vote to amend Rule thirty-two and send a delegation to Columbia so instructed!!!"

Atwater gained his reputation as a shrewd yet negative campaigner willing to use almost any tactic to get his candidate elected.

The dish is typical of the traditional lowcountry kitchen, and it accompanies the area’s unique, elaborate rice dishes.

The original edition of The Birds of America established Audubon’s reputation as America’s leading nature artist.

In 1917 Avery became a bulwark for the establishment of the city’s chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

Catawba women have made pottery for hundreds of years, and archaeologists credit them with sustaining the tribe through this traditional pottery, which is the oldest art form still produced in South Carolina.

Ayllón’s colony did not succeed, but his efforts contributed much to European interest in and knowledge of the southeastern coast of North America.

"Religious fanatic here to speak for first time in seven years. Baba's mission is to save the world." Scene of a group, including actor Quentin Tod, walking in garden. Meher Baba points to an alphabet board and is interpreted by an interviewer. Meher Baba says, "To make others realize the truth in every phase of life, and to make brotherhood a practical reality. When I break my silence, those to whom I speak will be instantaneously convinced of the truth. I have especially come to America, because there is tremendous energy in America, but most of this energy is misdirected. I intend to direct it into creative and spiritual channels.”

Babcock’s writings continued their popularity years after his death. A reviewer from the New York Times once compared his writing to “a rare old Bourbon you want to make last as long as possible.”

In 1891 Babcock became superintendent of the South Carolina State Lunatic Asylum in Columbia, its first to have been trained in psychiatry. Babcock arrived eager to modernize and improve the institution.

Bachman consistently presented a sound scientific case for all races of humans as members of the same species. Drawing on his keen knowledge of the nature of species, he presented his argument in numerous articles and in The Doctrine of the Unity of the Human Races, Examined on the Principles of Science, published in 1850. Yet Bachman condoned slavery, and he was an unyielding defender of states’ rights.

The species was discovered by the Reverend John Bachman in 1832 on the Edisto River a few miles north of Jacksonborough. In 1833 John J. Audubon painted a male and named the species after his friend Bachman. The Bachman’s warbler is believed to be extinct.

Bacot kept a diary but recorded little about her hospital work. Published many years after her death, the diary provides insight into the social life of a single, young, upper-class southern woman during the Civil War.

Bahá’u’lláh’s teachings were brought to South Carolina by the son of a slave, Louis G. Gregory (1874–1951), a native of Charleston and a 1902 graduate of Howard University Law School. Becoming a confirmed believer in the Baha’i faith in 1909, he made his first teaching trip to Charleston and seven other southern cities the following year. Gregory grew to international prominence in the Baha’i faith; thus the eponym of the Louis G. Gregory Baha’i Institute and radio station WLGI in Hemingway.

During her accomplished career as a children’s librarian with the New York Public Library, Baker received the first Dutton-Macrae Award in 1953 for advanced study of library work with children. In 1980 Baker joined the University of South Carolina (USC) and became “Storyteller-in-Residence.” This position was created for Baker, and her goals were to teach others how to create enthusiasm in children about stories and reading.