Segregation

“R” is for Rosenwald Schools. In the early twentieth century, schooling for southern Blacks was neither well planned nor well supported. Julius Rosenwald, a Chicago merchant and philanthropist, made the most significant contribution to the education of southern rural Blacks of the time through construction of school buildings.

“R” is for Rosenwald Schools. In the early twentieth century, schooling for southern Blacks was neither well planned nor well supported. Julius Rosenwald, a Chicago merchant and philanthropist, made the most significant contribution to the education of southern rural Blacks of the time through construction of school buildings.

“C” is for Citizens’ Councils. Founded in 1954 in Mississippi, citizens councils quickly spread across the South.

“C” is for Citizens’ Councils. Founded in 1954 in Mississippi, citizens councils quickly spread across the South.

“S” is for Segregation. Segregation, the residential, political, and social isolation of African Americans was accomplished in South Carolina by a long and varying effort in the aftermath of emancipation and Reconstruction.

“S” is for Segregation. Segregation, the residential, political, and social isolation of African Americans was accomplished in South Carolina by a long and varying effort in the aftermath of emancipation and Reconstruction.

“E” is for Evans, Matilda Arabella (1872-1935). Physician. Matilda Arabella Evans’s walk-in clinics and hospitals were the first available for many Deep South Blacks.

“E” is for Evans, Matilda Arabella (1872-1935). Physician. Matilda Arabella Evans’s walk-in clinics and hospitals were the first available for many Deep South Blacks.

In a small South Carolina town, a community is getting ready to show off a little-remembered part of the history of the segregated South.

The Palmetto State Fair was a separate fair for African Americans from 1890 to 1969.