1.0South Carolina Encyclopediahttps://www.scencyclopedia.org/scestudentstaffhttps://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/author/studentstaff/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="NEKoMyuuRC"><a href="https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/benjamin-stephen-keith/">Benjamin, Stephen Keith</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/benjamin-stephen-keith/embed/#?secret=NEKoMyuuRC" width="600" height="338" title="“Benjamin, Stephen Keith” — South Carolina Encyclopedia" data-secret="NEKoMyuuRC" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Stephen_K._Benjamin.jpg400600Mayor. Steve Benjamin was born in Queens, New York in December 1969 to parents who were originally from Orangeburg, South Carolina. Benjamin himself later moved to South Carolina to attend the University of South Carolina, where he earned a B.A. in political science as well as a JD from the University of South Carolina School […]