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“C” is for Clays. South Carolina produced the first kaolin mines in the United States. Today it contains some of the country’s most productive clay beds.…

“C” is for Classical Music. The first English settlers brought with them their European musical traditions. Psalmody [the singing of psalms in divine…

“M” is for Migrant Labor. Migrant labor in South Carolina involves farm work done by individuals whose principal employment is seasonal agriculture and…

“R” is for Rosemond, James R. [1820-1892]. Clergyman. Born a slave in Greenville County, Rosemond was sold to a family of white Methodists under whose…

“B” is for Board of Public Works. In 1819, the national trend toward improving waterways and other public facilities, led South Carolina to create the…

“B” is for Baldwin, William Plews, III [born 1944]. Novelist. Born in McClellandville, Baldwin was reared in the Carolina lowcountry. He is a “would-be”…

“R” is for Rainey, Joseph Hayne [1832-1887. Congressman. Rainey was born a slave, but his father—a barber--was able to purchase his family's freedom.…

“A” if for the ACE Basin. The ACE basin consists of around 350,000 acres in the watershed of the Ashepoo, Combahee, and Edisto Rivers in the South…

“E” is for Earley, Charity Edna Adams [1918-2002], army officer. Earley grew up in Columbia where she was valedictorian of her class at Booker T.…

"U" is for the Union Daily Times, a daily evening newspaper with a circulation of 6,355, published in the city of Union. The paper claims to be the…