| Tribute To Waverly District In Columbia, South Carolina |
June 6, 2013 |
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James Clyburn, D-SC
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"Among the Waverly District historic properties and sites are: the Heidt-Russell House, home of Edwin Roberts Russell, one of the few African American scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project in during World War II; the Matthew J. Perry site, location of a former home of South Carolina’s first African American Federal Judge and 1963 Edwards v. South Carolina lead attorney. The landmark breech of the peace case and its impact on civil rights was featured in May 2013 on C-SPAN’s LCV Cities Tour; the Modjeska Simkins childhood home, former home of the “Matriarch of the South Carolina Civil Rights Movement” Modjeska Monteith Simkins, who hosted former Justice Thurgood Marshall during strategy meetings for Briggs v. Elliot, which became part of the historic Brown v. Board of Education desegregation case; and the Visanska Starks House, one of the few historic sites in America with residential histories of an antebellum white Southern woman, a Jewish immigrant from Poland, and an African American scholar who became president of three historically black colleges. The House and its carriage house were featured on a segment of HGTV’s “If Walls Could Talk” and the site is a member of the International Sites of Conscience."
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| Congratulations Chairman James G. Rebholz |
May 24, 2013 |
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Joe Wilson, R-SC
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"Chairman James Rebholz has demonstrated great leadership throughout his tenure with the ESGR by helping the Department of Defense agency fulfill its mission developing and promoting a culture of employer support from all public and private employers for the men and women of the National Guard and Reserve and their families. Throughout his 31 years of service in the United States Air Force Reserve, his long history of community service, and his success as a small business owner, James has proven his dedication to our great nation. His programs have been extremely beneficial in working with John Green, Chairman of the South Carolina ESGR, and Major General Bob Livingston, the South Carolina Adjutant General."
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| Tribute To Dr. Rose Wilder |
May 14, 2013 |
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James Clyburn, D-SC
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"In 1994, Dr. Wilder was appointed as assistant superintendent of instruction for Clarendon School District 2. Later that same year she was chosen to lead the school district and made history by becoming the first African American female superintendent in South Carolina since the Reconstruction era. She served in that capacity for seven years, and in 1999, she was named Outstanding Superintendent by the South Carolina School Board Association."
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| Tribute To Dr. William P. Diggs |
February 25, 2013 |
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James Clyburn, D-SC
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"Dr. Diggs is the recipient of numerous awards including the Order of the Palmetto in 1996, the highest civilian award given by the Governor of South Carolina. He was inducted into the South Carolina Black Hall of Fame in 1998 by 100 Black Men of South Carolina, Inc. and the United Black Fund. The Greater Florence Chamber of Commerce awarded him the Building Bridges Humanitarian Award in 2000. He is also the recipient of the Pee Dee Area Council Boy Scouts of America Whitney Young Award and the AARP Andrus Award for Community Service for the State of South Carolina among many other honors."
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