Blinding of Isaac Woodward – 1946 – World War II veteran blinded by police beating in Batesburg, South Carolina – an excellent and important overview – includes effects on national civil rights movement
– The Blinding of Isaac Woodard - lyrics to Woodie Guthrie's song about Woodward's beating, arrest, and trial
Orangeburg Massacre - February 8, 1968 - Three unarmed students are killed in a confrontation with police over efforts to desegregate an Orangeburg bowling alley
Rosenwald Schools - 1917-1932 over 5,000 schools were built in the rural South to educate African-American children
– Search SC database - National Register of Historic Places nomination forms (PDF) plus links to historic insurance photos
– Database by County - State Historic Preservation Office
– Search national database - photos of many of the schools plus detailed funding info
South Carolina's Equalization Schools - 1951-1960 new schools were constructed to provide "separate but equal" education for African American students in an attempt to prolong the desegregation of public schools
– Listing of schools by county - click on blue school names to view picture
SC African American Resources 
