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Gloria Bromell Tinubu
Gloria Bromell Tinubu (born February 22, 1953) is an applied economist, educator, and political figure. She served on the Atlanta City Council and as a member of the Georgia State Assembly, as well as running as a candidate for Mayor of Atlanta. Early life and education Gloria Bromell Tinubu was born in Brookgreen Gardens Georgetown County, South Carolina near Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. She is the seventh of eight children born to Beatrice and Charlie Bromell, who were determined that their children would receive the high school education they never had. When she was four, her family moved to her parents' hometown, Plantersville, South Carolina, Plantersville, located in Georgetown County, South Carolina, Georgetown County, South Carolina. She graduated from Choppee High School in 1971. She was salutatorian and president of her graduating class. The first in her family to go to college, she attended the University of South Carolina in Columbia f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georganna Sinkfield
Georganna Sinkfield (born February 11, 1943) is an American politician who served in the Georgia House of Representatives The Georgia House of Representatives is the lower house of the Georgia General Assembly (the state legislature) of the U.S. state of Georgia. There are currently 180 elected members. Republicans have had a majority in the chamber since 2005. ... from 1983 to 2011. References External links Georganna Sinkfield at ballotpedia.org {{DEFAULTSORT:Sinkfield, Georganna 1943 births Living people Democratic Party members of the Georgia House of Representatives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Fielding
Herbert Ulysses Gaillard Fielding (July 6, 1923 – August 10, 2015) was an American politician who became the first African-American elected as a Democrat to the South Carolina General Assembly. Family and early years Herbert Ulysses Fielding was the son of Julius and Sadie Fielding. Fielding served in the United States Army during World War II prior to attending and receiving his B.S. degree from West Virginia State College in 1948. In 1952, Fielding took charge of the day-to-day operations of the family funeral home business, becoming President and CEO of Fielding Home for Funeral Services. Founded in 1912 by Fielding’s father, Fielding Home for Funeral Services was the largest African American-owned and operated funeral home in the state of South Carolina. Fielding died on August 10, 2015. Civil Rights Movement Fielding became involved in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. He often paid for the bail of civil rights activists, picketers and demonstrators. Fielding e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Clyburn
James Enos Clyburn (born July 21, 1940) is an American politician and retired educator serving as a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina. He has served as House majority whip, House Majority Whip since 2019. He is a two-time majority whip, previously serving in the post from 2007 to 2011, and served as Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives, House assistant minority leader from 2011 to 2019. Currently in his 15th term, Clyburn has served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for since 1993. His congressional district includes most of the majority-black precincts in and around Columbia, South Carolina, Columbia and Charleston, South Carolina, Charleston, as well as most of the majority-black areas outside Beaufort, South Carolina, Beaufort and nearly all of South Carolina's share of the Black Belt in the American South, Black Belt. Clyburn is the dean of United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Vick
Ted Vick (born November 14, 1972) is an American politician and a member of the Democratic Party. He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 2005 to 2014. Early life, education, and early career Vick was born in 1972 in Cheraw, South Carolina to Julian Ted and Jan Sellers Vick. He got a B.S. from The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in 1995 and a Masters from the University of South Carolina in 1997. Since 1990, he has been a Major in the South Carolina National Guard. Vick is a member of the American Legion Post 74, Lower Macedonia Baptist Church, Phi Kappa Phi Society, and Sandhills Citadel Club. In recent years, he has owned a few companies such as V&B Properties, MTV Properties, and Ted Vick Motor Company. South Carolina House of Representatives Elections In 2004, Vick ran for the South Carolina House of Representatives in the Chesterfield County based-53rd House District. James Sweeney and Vick both qualified for the run-off election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States House Of Representatives Elections In South Carolina, 2012
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 and elected the seven United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representatives from the state of South Carolina, an increase of one seat as a result of United States congressional apportionment, reapportionment thanks to the continued strong growth found in South Carolina as reported in the 2010 United States Census. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial 2012 United States presidential election, presidential election. The people of South Carolina elected six Republican Party (United States), Republicans and one Democratic Party (United States), Democrat to represent the state in the 113th United States Congress. Overview Redistricting On July 26, 2011, the South Carolina House of Representatives and South Carolina Senate, Senate passed a compromise redistricting bill which would place the new So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Carolina's 7th Congressional District
The 7th congressional district of South Carolina is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in South Carolina, established in 2011 following apportionment of another seat to the state following the 2010 census. It is located in the Pee Dee region, and includes all of Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Chesterfield, Darlington County, South Carolina, Darlington, Dillon County, South Carolina, Dillon, Georgetown County, South Carolina, Georgetown, Horry County, South Carolina, Horry, Marion County, South Carolina, Marion, and Marlboro County, South Carolina, Marlboro Counties and parts of Florence County, South Carolina, Florence County. The first US representative from this new district, Tom Rice, was elected in 2012 and took office on January 3, 2013. History The 7th congressional district of South Carolina existed in the 19th century, but was eliminated in 1853 as a result of the 1850 United States census, 1850 census. After the 1880 United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Atlanta Mayoral Election ...
The 2001 Atlanta mayoral election occurred on November 6, 2001. Incumbent mayor Bill Campbell, a member of the Democratic Party who had been in office since 1994, was ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits. Since Franklin received a majority in the general election, no runoff election was held. Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Atlanta Mayoral Election, 2001 2001 in Atlanta 2001 Georgia (U.S. state) elections 2001 United States mayoral elections 2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Atlanta Mayoral Election
The 1997 Atlanta mayoral election occurred on November 4, 1997, with a runoff election held on November 25, 1997. Since no candidate received a majority in the general election, a runoff election was held between the top-two finishers. Incumbent mayor Bill Campbell won reelection in the runoff. Candidates ;Advanced to runoff *Marvin S. Arrington Sr., Atlanta city councilor * Bill Campbell, incumbent mayor ;Eliminated in general election *John Genins *Louise T. Hornsby *Jack Jersawitz *Doug Nelson *G.B. Osborne *J. Alley Pat Patrick *Gloria Bromell Tinubu, Atlanta city councilor Campaign Ahead of the November 4 election, incumbent Campbell and challenger Arrington exchanged attacks, including personal attacks. Personal attacks between the candidates increased in the runoff. The race was regarded as one of the nastiest mayoral campaigns the city had seen in more than two decades. The discourse of the runoff campaign, which was between two black candidates, took on racial tones. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historically Black College
Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the intention of primarily serving the African-American community. Most of these institutions were founded in the years after the American Civil War and are concentrated in the Southern United States. During the period of segregation prior to the Civil Rights Act, the majority of American institutions of higher education served predominantly white students, and disqualified or limited black American enrollment. For a century after the end of slavery in the United States in 1865, most colleges and universities in the Southern United States prohibited all African Americans from attending, while institutions in other parts of the country regularly employed quotas to limit admissions of Black people. HBCUs were established to provide more opportunities to African Americans and are largely responsible for establ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barber–Scotia College
Barber–Scotia College is a private unaccredited historically black college in Concord, North Carolina. It is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA). History Scotia Seminary Barber–Scotia began as a female seminary in 1867. Scotia Seminary was founded by the Reverend Luke Dorland and chartered in 1870. A project by the Presbyterian Church to prepare young African American southern women (the daughters of former slaves) for careers as social workers and teachers, it was the coordinate women's school for Biddle University (now Johnson C. Smith University). It was the first historically black female institution of higher education established after the American Civil War. ''The Charlotte Observer'', in an interview with Janet Magaldi, president of Piedmont Preservation Foundation, stated, "Scotia Seminary was one of the first black institutions built after the Civil War. For the first time, it gave black women an alternative to becoming domestic servants or field ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conway, South Carolina
Conway is a city in Horry County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 24,849 at the 2020 census, up from 17,103 in 2010 census. It is the county seat of Horry County and is part of the Myrtle Beach metropolitan area. It is the home of Coastal Carolina University. Numerous buildings and structures located in Conway are on the National Register of Historic Places. Among these is the City Hall building, designed by Robert Mills, architect of the Washington Monument. Since the completion of the Main Street USA project in the 1980s, Conway's downtown has been revitalized with shops and bistros. Highlighting the renovation of the downtown area is the Riverwalk, an area of restaurants which follows a stretch of the Waccamaw River that winds through Conway. History Conway is one of the oldest towns in South Carolina. Early English colonists named the village "Kings Town" but soon changed it to "Kingston". The town was founded in 1732 as part of Royal Governor Robert J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coastal Carolina University
Coastal Carolina University (CCU or Coastal) is a public university in Conway, South Carolina. Founded in 1954 as Coastal Carolina Junior College, and later joining the University of South Carolina System as USC Coastal Carolina, it became an independent university in 1993. The university is a national sea-grant institution and owns part of Waties Island, an Atlantic barrier island that serves as a natural laboratory for CCU's instruction and research. The campus is also the home of the Horry County Schools Scholars Academy, a high school for gifted students. History Coastal Carolina University was founded in 1954 as Coastal Carolina Junior College, a two-year community college, by the Coastal Educational Foundation, a group of citizens who wanted to establish a post-secondary institution in the region. The college originally operated under contract as an extension of the College of Charleston. Classes met at night at Conway High School and were taught by part-time faculty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
