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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13H6_george-elmore_Columbia-SC.html
Sacred to the Memory ofGeorge Elmorewho through unmatchedcourage, perseverance, andpersonal sacrifice broughtthe legal action by whichblack people may participatein South Carolina democraticparty primary elections —"Elmore vs. Rice," 1947
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13H0_waverly-five-and-dime-george-elmore-and-elmore-v-rice-em_Columbia-SC.html
Waverly Five and Dime) The Waverly Five & Dime, located here until about 1957, was managed 1945-48 by George A. Elmore (1905-1959), the African American plaintiff in a landmark voting rights case soon after World War II. Elmore ran this store and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12Z4_i-dequincey-newman-house_Columbia-SC.html
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Isaiah DeQuincey Newman (1911~1985), Methodist minister, civil rights leader, and state senator, lived here from 1960 until his death. Born in Darlington County, he attended Claflin College and was a graduate of Clark College and Gammon T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM129G_nathaniel-j-frederick-house_Columbia-SC.html
(Front text)Nathaniel J. Frederick (1877-1938), educator, lawyer, newspaper editor, and civil rights activist, lived here from 1904 until his death. This house was built in 1903 by Cap J. Carroll, a prominent businessman and city official whose da…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM129F_north-carolina-mutual-building_Columbia-SC.html
(Front text)The North Carolina Mutual Building was built in 1909 by the N.C. Mutual and Provident Association, a black-owned life insurance company with an office here until the mid-1930s. Built as a two-story commercial building, with a third sto…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11A3_curtiss-wright-hangar_Columbia-SC.html
(Front text)This hangar, built in 1929 by the Curtiss-Wright Flying Service, was the first building at Owens Field, a municipal airport then 3 mi. S of the city limits. Curtiss-Wright built and operated numerous airports across America for the nex…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM116U_sidney-park-c-m-e-church_Columbia-SC.html
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Sidney Park C.M.E. Church was founded in 1886 and has been at this site since 1889. It grew out of a dispute among members of Bethel A.M.E. Church, who left that congregation and applied to join the Colored Methodist Episcopal (now Chr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM116S_maxcy-gregg-park_Columbia-SC.html
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This city park, established in 1911, was named for Confederate General Maxcy Gregg (1814-1862). It was one of several parks in Columbia proposed by landscape architect Harlan P. Kelsey of Boston, whose 1905 plan was commissioned by the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1141_killian-road-baptist-church-cemetery-confederate-soldiers-monument_Columbia-SC.html
A partial list of soldiers enlisted from this community 1861 ~ 1865 Confederate States of America
Wess Abbott; W. B. Cooper; Wess Cooper; Elihu Davis; Thos. Dent; Robt. Fann; R.W. Fann; Henry Faust; Chas. Grimsley; Ervin Grimsley; Albert Hammon…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10HT_memorial-youth-center_Columbia-SC.html
This Memorial Youth Center stands in memory of and in gratitude to the men of Richland County who gave their lives in World War II that the ideals of democratic living might be preserved. May the generous spirit of those youthful heroes commemorat…