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James Clyburn is a congressman that continues to represent the sixth district. In 1998, he became the first southern congressman to chair the Congressional Black Caucus. He also served as the majority whip when the Democrats controlled the House from 2007 until 2011. Whip - is an assistant party leader whose job it is to create support for proposed legislation. The job is especially important when the voting on an issue is expected to be close. -
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Septima was a former slave who taught adults to read and write, a cause she took on for the rest of her. In 1919, Clark returned to Charleston to teach at the Avery Institute. While in the city, she made her entry into the early Civil Rights Movement, helping the NAACP petition to allow blacks to serve as principals in public schools. She joined with the NAACP to challenge South Carolina's discriminatory teacher salary policies that resulted in black teachers usually receiving half the salary of white teachers with the same qualifications. ~ pg. 300

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Joseph McCarthy is a republican senator, that capitalized on Cold War fears by publicly and loudly claiming Communists had infiltrated many different levels of the federal government. He shocked the nation by claiming that 205 "card-carrying Communists" were working in the State Department. McCarthy continued to accuse numerous highly placed Americans of being Communists. His recklessness ruined many lives of people. ~ pg. 290

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Modjeska Monteith Simkins was an educator and civil rights activist, known best for her active role in the NAACP from the late 1930s through the Civil Rights Movement. Simkins worked as director of the Negro Program of the South Carolina Tuberculosis Association. Simkins joined the NAACP and worked tirelessly for equal pay for African American teachers. She took an active role in demanding voting rights for African Americans. She also protested against Jim Crow Laws and remained active on racial equality  and health care until death. ~ pg. 306

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Matthew J. Perry was a lawyer, judge, and civil rights activist, known best perhaps for representing Harvey Gantt during his enrollment at Clemson. Perry served as chief counsel to the South Carolina NAACP. Perry's work for the NAACP helped bring about the desegregation of numerous schools, parks, and other public places in the state. ~ pg.306

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He was challenged by liberals and conservatives in his own party in election of 1948. More liberal Democrats opposed Truman's views on desegregation and civil rights for African Americans.  Throughout Truman's administration, southern Democrats coordinated their efforts, blocking much of the president's attempts to push through more New Deal legislation. ~ pg. 308

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Thurmond was best known for his opposition to civil rights. He helped write the "Southern Manifesto" outlining arguments against the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education ruling. He made Senate history for the longest individual filibuster, 24 hours and 18 minutes against the Civil Rights Act of 1957. Thurmond opposed the law, that banned discriminatory voting laws such as poll taxes and literacy tests, which allowed many blacks could  vote.
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- SC's first female governor
-proposed drastic changes in education
-wants private company on school bus systems
-wants teachers to be paid based on performance and charter schools are two more of her proposals
~ pg. 325