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Tag: Greenville SC

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June 11, 2014 South Carolina / Theatres

New play ‘The Last Lynching’ chronicles largest lynching trial in US history

The trial drew international and national attention. Then-Gov. Strom Thurmond jumped into the case, along with J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI.

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James 'Miss Jim' Margrave Perry
March 17, 2014 Legal profession / South Carolina

‘Miss Jim’ blazed new trail for women in upstate SC

James Marjory ‘Miss Jim’ Perry became the 1st woman member of the SC bar, and first to be named a partner in a South Carolina law firm.

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aerial of reedy river in greenville sc
January 6, 2014 Natural resource management / South Carolina

Flow Chart — a look at how Greenville, SC’s Reedy River shaped that city

The Reedy River put Greenville on the map—and, like its meandering currents and rushing falls, is the centerpiece for its rise, fall, and triumphant rise again.

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Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics team
November 7, 2012 Baseball / South Carolina

Baseball icon Shoeless Joe Jackson

As Jackson slid into 3rd base, an opposing team fan shouted, “You shoeless son-of-a-gun!” It was the only time Joe played shoeless in a game.

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October 7, 2012 Podcast

Listen Here: Appalachian History Weekly podcast posts today

We open today’s show with Julia McHenry Howard’s observations of high society in Oakland, MD. Her great grandfather was Francis Scott Key.

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