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"T” is for Test Oath Controversy (1832-1834). A dispute between supporters and opponents of nullification over state loyalty oaths, the Test Oath Controversy erupted into violence as nullifiers sought to guarantee that only those who shared their views on state sovereignty could serve in certain state offices or as militia officers.

"W” is for Washington, William (1752-1810). In 1775, Washington, a native of Virginia, joined the Stafford County militia. That unit was integrated into the Third Virginia Regiment of the Continental Army. By the end of 1779 he had advanced to lieutenant colonel, commanding the Third Regiment of Continental Light Dragoons. The unit was ordered south to join patriot forces in South Carolina.

In his book, The Slow Undoing: The Federal Courts and the Long Struggle for Civil Rights in South Carolina, Dr. Stephen H. Lowe argues for a reconsideration of the role of the federal courts in the civil rights movement. It places the courts as a central battleground at the intersections of struggles over race, law, and civil rights. During the long civil rights movement, Black and White South Carolinians used the courts as a venue to contest the meanings of the constitution, justice, equality, and citizenship.Lowe joins Walter Edgar to discuss how African Americans used courts and direct action in tandem to bring down legal segregation throughout the long civil rights era.

Cello students everywhere have struggled with Popper’s “High School of Cello Playing,” a book of études that’s a kind of Mount Everest of cello technique.

A listener reports seeing a writing spider in its web; as he approached, the spider started bouncing in the web.

According to recent statistics, 67% of formerly incarcerated men are re-arrested within three years. Our next guest’s organization however, has found a way to reduce that number significantly..Mike Switzer interviews Leah Rhyne, director of marketing and communications at Turning Leaf, a Charleston nonprofit expanding soon to Columbia, SC.

After last year’s first-ever drive-thru fair, the South Carolina State Fair is returning to normal this year. Well, maybe not pre-COVID normal but certainly the new normal.Mike Switzer interviews Nancy Smith, general manager of the SC State Fair in Columbia, SC.

In 2004 the Vatican Museum presented an exhibit called “The Colors of White.” What the exhibit showed, in a nutshell, is that our notion that the beauty…

Our recently retired, due to illness, Clemson colleague Tony Melton has many constants in his life. For one, he has never stopped being the humble fellow from McBee, South Carolina, who started picking cotton when he was three years old.

Tony has said that serving the people of South Carolina has been his greatest honor and joy.