Reconstruction - Meet black legislators, sharecroppers, and white farm owners who rebuilt the South after the Civil War.

Industrialization - Industry came to South Carolina as entire families worked in the textile mills and factories in the Upstate.

WWI & the Jazz Age - From hometown soldiers and nurses to Camp Sevier in Greenville, South Carolina was deeply invested in World War I.

Great Depression & WWII - South Carolinians during the Great Depression faced significant hardships, only relieved with the economic relief of World War II.

Civil Rights - Many South Carolinians participated in the struggle for equal rights, including Septima Poinsette Clark, Modjeska Monteith Simkins, and the participants in the landmark Briggs v. Elliott court case.

Modern Era - Explore our state’s participation in modern wars, increased infrastructure, and economic development in the “New South.”

SC Places & Photographs - Learn more about the places of South Carolina and discover images of our state, from its earliest settlers to modern day.