Civil Rights History
South Carolina was one of the centers of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States, and civil rights activists established an epic record of civil rights history in the Palmetto State.
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29th Ave South, North Myrtle Beach, SC [View Map]
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Atlantic Beach is a Grand Strand vacation site that began as an all-black beach resort during South Carolina's Segregation Era. Today, as town leaders attempt to preserve its unique history, its beach and related attractions are accessible to all visitors.
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Downtown, Bennettsville, SC [View Map]
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Encompassing much of downtown Bennettsville, the Bennettsville Historic District includes historic homes, churches and public buildings. Among them is the Marlboro County Historic Museum and a historic home that was commandeered by Northern troops during the Civil War.
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1235 Long Point Road, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464, 843-884-4371 [View Map]
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Boone Hall Plantation and Gardens is a restored plantation from the Colonial and Antebellum periods of South Carolina history. Although the manor house is modern, the brick slave cottages date from the time when Boone Hall was a working rice plantation.
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Carver St., Myrtle Beach, SC 29577 [View Map]
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Site of a famous and infamous supper club opened in 1937 known as Charlie's Place, this Myrtle Beach spot was known far and wide for decades as the most happening place around. Charlie's Place is also the site of one of the most famous Ku Klux Klan disturbances in this part of South Carolina.
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Conway Historical Home Tour
Click to view entry for Conway Historic District and City Hall Building for more information Conway, SC
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901 Highmarket Street, Georgetown, SC 29440, 843-546-5647 [View Map]
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Home to one of the oldest Methodist congregations in the United States, Duncan Memorial United Methodist Church was established in 1785, following a visit by the famed Methodist evangelist Bishop Francis Asbury.
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9515 Freewoods Road, Myrtle Beach, SC 29588, 843-650-9139 [View Map]
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A 40-acre living history center, Freewoods Farms is a restoration of the typical small farm operated by African-American families in South Carolina in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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900 Dunbar Street, Myrtle Beach, SC [View Map]
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Located at 900 Dunbar Street in Myrtle Beach, the Historic Myrtle Beach Colored School Museum and Education Center preserves an all-black public school from the Era of Segregation. The Myrtle Beach Colored School was established in 1932. Its classroom setting is restored at this site which is used today as an education center.
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805 Main Street, Conway, SC 29526, 843-915-5320 [View Map]
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The Horry County Museum is located on Main Street, in downtown Conway, and features a variety of well-designed exhibits that chronicle the colorful history of Horry County. Permanent exhibits focus on local Native American culture, the timber industry and naval stores operations.
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909 Prince Street, Georgetown, SC [View Map]
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Located at 909 Prince Street in Georgetown, the Joseph H. Rainey House was the home of the first African American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. This house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Conway, SC 29526
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Part of land granted to eight powerful Englishmen known as the Lord's Proprietors by King Charles II of England and sold to King George II in 1729, Kingston Village was within Kingston Township, one of eleven townships the King later dispatched surveyors to lay out, now known as Conway.
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Plantersville Road, Off Hwy 701 South, Georgetown, SC 29440 [View Map]
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Old Gunn Church was the worship house for the Episcopal Prince Frederick's Parish organized in 1734.
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221 East Main St., Lake City, SC 29560 [View Map]
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Lake City is the birthplace of Dr. Ronald E. McNair, a NASA astronaut, who was killed in the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger in 1986. A monument at this site memorializes his life and career.
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High Market Street, Georgetown, SC 29440 [View Map]
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Georgetown County erected a Historical Marker in 1938 which marks the site where "Sgt. McDonald bayoneted the fleeing Maj. Gainey, following the defeat of the tories under Maj. Gainey by the Americans under Col. Peter Horry. This bloody skirmish took place January 1781, between Sampit and the Black River Roads."
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The Stewart-Parker House
Click to view entry for Kaminski House and Museum for more information 1019 Front Street, Georgetown, SC 29440, 843-546-7706 [View Map]
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