of the 12 southern states that seceded during the civil war, 7 stated in their secession declarations that the reason that they were seceding was to protect slavery.

when ronald mcnair was 9 years old, the police were called to remove him from a library because he was black. he later went on to become an astronaut and died when the space shuttle challenger exploded. after his death, the library was renamed in his honor.

if you get permission from the aeronautics division of the south carolina department of commerce, you can fire missiles there.

memorial day was started by freed slaves on may 1, 1865 in charleston, sc, to honor 257 dead union soldiers that had been buried in a common grave in a confederate prisoner-of-war camp. they dug up the bodies, gave them proper burials, and held a parade led by their children to thank the dead for fighting for their freedom.

florida, arkansas, south carolina and tennessee all ave laws that state that any employee who is fired for not following an employer's standards of conduct cannot receive unemployment - regardless of what those standards of conduct entail.

george stinney, a 14-year-old black teenager from south carolina, was the youngest person in the united states to be executed in the 20th century.

his trial lasted about 2 hours. there was no evidence against him, and the only witnesses were 3 white police officers who said that they saw him talking to the victims - 2 white girls.

what are you willing to bet that he was innocent?

senator strom thurmond of south carolina served for 48 years, and is likely best known for the longest filibuster in congressional history. he was speaking against the american civil rights act, despite the fact that he had an illegitimate black daughter.