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The first was the South Carolina Leader, established at Charleston in 1865. [2] In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the growth of the African American press in South Carolina was hampered by the fact that a large proportion of South Carolina African Americans lived in poverty in the countryside. [1]
Herald-Journal office in downtown Spartanburg. The origins of the paper lie with The Spartan, a weekly paper reportedly first printed in about 1842–43. [2] [3] [4] In 1844, this was renamed The Carolina Spartan. In about 1900, the paper was reportedly bought by The Journal Publishing Company, which renamed it The Spartanburg Journal. [3]
Sportspeople from Spartanburg, South Carolina (1 C, 48 P) Pages in category "People from Spartanburg, South Carolina" The following 71 pages are in this category, out of 71 total.
Spartanburg is a city in and the seat of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States. [9] The city had a population of 38,732 as of the 2020 census, making it the 11th-most populous city in the state. [10] The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) groups Spartanburg and Union counties together as the Spartanburg, SC Metropolitan ...
On May 15, 2003, Floyd was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina vacated by Dennis Shedd. Floyd was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 22, 2003, and received his commission on September 24, 2003. His service terminated on October 6, 2011, due to ...
Karen Floyd was the first woman to serve as the chair of the Spartanburg County Council, [1] and currently serves on the South Carolina Ports Authority Board. In 2006 Floyd was the Republican nominee for Superintendent of Education. She was defeated by Jim Rex by only 455 votes, [2] the closest margin of victory in a statewide election in South ...
The following notable deaths in the United States occurred in 2024.Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order as set out in WP:NAMESORT.A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth and subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, year of birth (if known), and reference.
The Upstate, historically known as the Upcountry, [4] is a region of the U.S. state of South Carolina, comprising the northwesternmost area of the state.Although loosely defined among locals, the general definition includes the 10 counties of the commerce-rich I-85 corridor in the northwest corner of South Carolina.