Charleston

21 year old Dylann Roof opened fire one Wednesday night at historical Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Before opening fire, Roof spent an hour inside the church attending a prayer meeting with his soon to be victims. Witnesses say Roof stood up suddenly and said he was there to “shoot black people”, and that’s when he began to shoot. Other statements witnesses say Roof said were: “You’ve raped our women, and you are taking over the country… I have to do…

Tension were built between British authorities and the colonists a lot of years before the outbreak of the American Revolution. Attempts by the British government to raise income by taxing the colonies met with warmed dissent among numerous colonists, who disdained their absence of representation in Parliament and requested an indistinguishable rights from other British subjects. Pioneer protection prompted brutality in 1770, when British warriors opened fire on a crowd of colonists,…

illiterate minorities in the South and expanded black education. Additionally, the growth of citizenship schools led to the rise of black voters in the South. “We taught them to read and write so that they could register and vote. To be able to vote in Charleston, you had to write your name cursive and read a section of the election laws.” Many states also required people to take a quiz or read a passage. This prevented most non-educated African Americans from voting. Setting up citizenship…

The period of time leading up to the American Civil War was a period filled with social and political movements. While many American men were fighting for the rights of slaves and African-Americans, women were excluded from these efforts. Sarah and Angelina Grimké, two sisters from South Carolina, began fighting for the rights of slaves despite ridicule and, in doing so, started the movement for women rights that became known as feminism. As many American’s became enthralled in political and…

A journey to Georgia Today Gravesend is perhaps best known as the final resting place of Pocahontus and as the site of the London River House, the port authority for the city of London. In 1732 Gravesend, 15 miles east of London on the Thames River, was one of several unrelated port cities that served the capital of England. It was from Gravesend that 114 men, women and children along with James Oglethorpe, pastor Henry Herbert, Doctor William Cox, Captain John Thomas and a crew of 20 set sail…

Randy had some very notable accomplishments in his High school sports career despite his small town and his childhood. Moss was born on february 13, 1977 in Charleston, West Virginia. He grew up in the nearby small town of Rand and attended Dupont High school. Rand (aka “Rand University” according to ESPNS 30 for 30 on Randy) was a very small town with a population under two-thousand. In his High school days as a Dupont Panther, he carried his football team to back-to-back state championships…

car to church on Christmas Eve. If you want to see snow, you can just drive a couple of hours to the mountains! And then head home to warmer weather a few days later when you are sick of it! Parades! I love how many Christmas parades there are in Charleston. There’s even the Christmas boat parade! With below zero temperatures and blustery conditions, holiday parades in the North are pretty miserable (if you can even find…

John was a renowned lawyer, politician, and a judge. Plus her was a former war veteran who served for the nation. Mary, Angelina’s mother, belonged to an elite family from Charleston. So she was pretty much born into wealth, along with 13 other children, her being the youngest. At the age of thirteen, she made the first of what is to become many opinionated remarks towards something. She rebelled against the traditional beliefs…

weekends specifically the night shifts so she can stay home with the boys which enabled them to save money by not having to put them in daycare. They live in a middle class neighborhood located in the city of Charleston. Both Donny and Kelley went to the local university (College of Charleston). They are a traditional family and do not have any extended family that live with them. The Johnson family is heavily involved at their church, constantly volunteering and helping out there as well as…

will be the start of it. After graduating, I will take my GRE and get into law school which takes three years to specialize in patent law and graduate with at least magna cum laude requirements. Upon graduating law school, I will find myself in Charleston, WV for a couple of years to get my foot in the door. After that, I will be off to live the sunny, beach life in Florida for hopefully my entire life until I can retire. Retirement is the last step in my professional life, and I plan to enjoy…