Charleston

One of the most significant moments of the Civil War, was the incident at Fort Sumter. The incident lasted from the early dawn of April the12th and end at noon on the 13th, thirty-three hours of non-stop attacks onto the fort. The event was the result of developments and hostile actions from the North and the South. The event also set the tone for the first two years of the Civil War, with an astounding Confederate victory. Even though the incident only lasted a few days, the United States was…

The Charleston Shooting has been front and center in the news world lately. Not only has it been relevant because of the atrocity of the crime like it has previously, but because Dylan Roof’s trial has been postponed to at least January and the jury will be appointed in November. Roof, a white man killed nine African Americans in the Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church an establishment that meant a great deal to the community and its congregation. This case is relevant because it deals…

The Big South Conference was founded on August 21st, 1983. When Charleston Southern Athletic Director and Augusta President George Christenberry started recruiting members into the conference and they brought in Augusta, Charleston Southern, Campbell, Coastal Carolina, and Winthrop joined the newly formed conference (Big South). Dr. Edward M. Singleton was then named as the leagues first Commissioner. Singleton then continued to add members to the conference such as Armstrong State, Radford, and…

Connecting Assets with Partners to Initiate Community Health Program October 2015, the city of Charleston initiated a community wide assessment to assess the largest health risk to the people of our community. Concluding obesity as the highest of all health risks in the community. The leading causes of death directly related to heart disease, hypertension, or stroke, are all results of obesity (The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, 2014). According to the Journal of…

Francis Marion was born near georgetown in berkeley county, south carolina. He was a leader of a revolutionary militia war in 1781. Francis was approached by one of the british officers to discuss an prisoner exchange. They were camping on snow's island south carolina. The british officer was so inspired by the way they overcome and commits to the cause. In spite of their lack of satisfaction provision, francis promptly switch there alliances and supported American independence. The patriots…

The AME Church attracted tens of thousands of converts to its denomination very rapidly. Cain became active in politics, serving as a delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1868. He represented Charleston County in the South Carolina Senate from 1868 to 1872. He also edited the South Carolina Leader newspaper (later renamed the Missionary Record). As editor, he hired future congressmen Robert B. Elliott, and Alonzo Ransier. During his political…

African American women are less likely than African American men, White men, and White women to pursue the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) (Ceci & Williams, 2007; Charleston, George, Jerlando, Jackson, Berhanu, & Amechi, 2014; Perna, et al., 2009; Syed & Chemers, 2011). This is especially true for the field of engineering, as approximately 1% of undergraduate African American women declared engineering as a major during the 2013-2014 academic year (Yoder,…

wisps of smoke from which added to the frightfulness of his appearance. Near the end of May 1718, when Teach was at the high tide of his piratical career, he and his armed fleet of five or six vessels appeared outside the entrance to the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, and blockaded the busiest and most important port of the southern colonies. All vessels, inbound or outbound, were stopped and looted. Teach demanded and received from the governor of South Carolina and his council a chest…

Today in America there is a big debate on the current state of welfare programs and its recipients. Some think we should do away with welfare all together and let everyone fend for themselves; while others believe that they are helpful for struggling families. Then there are the ones in the middle, like me. I believe that the current state of America’s welfare programs are causing their recipients to become too dependent and it should require you to be employed in some form to receive a…

Joseph E. Johnson. Private Montegut, as a light artillery member, was in some of the violent engagements of the war: Chickamauga, Murfreesboro, siege of Charleston and Battle of Averasboro, N.C. He also fought in the Battle of Farmington, and Corinth Campaign, Mississippi. Later he served under Capt. Gustave LeGardeur, in the defense of Charleston, South…