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Sarah Mae Flemming sued bus owners in Columbia, SC for an incident that occurred 17 months before Rosa Parks took her stand in Montgomery, Alabama.
William H. Johnson was an African American painter from Florence who painted distinctive modernist imagery of African American life.
Henry Laurens was a merchant, political leader, and rice planter who was a delegate to the Second Continental Congress.
Kershaw County was named for Joseph Kershaw (1727-1791), an early settler.
Union County was named for the old Union Church, which served both the Presbyterian and Episcopal congregations in the area.
Williamsburg County was probably named for King William III of England (1650-1702). Scotch-Irish and French Huguenot settlers began moving into this part of the Lowcountry around 1732.
Berkeley County was named for two of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina, Lord John Berkeley (d. 1678) and Sir William Berkeley (d. 1677).
Indian Grass was designated as the official State Grass by Act Number 94 of 2001. Indian Grass can be used to make baskets.
(noun) - the border between the soft rock of the Coastal Plain and the hard rock of the Piedmont region. Often, rivers will have rapids or waterfalls as they cross the fall line.
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