Chris Bouchillon Read more about Chris Bouchillon Chris Bouchillon was known as "The Original Talking Blues Man."
Clara Smith Read more about Clara Smith Clara Smith was a blues singer from Spartanburg, South Carolina. She was nicknamed the "Queen of the Moaners."
Chippie Hill Read more about Chippie Hill Bertha "Chippie" Hill was a blues and vaudeville singer and dancer from Charleston, SC. She is best known for her recording with Louis Armstrong.
Laurence Massillon Keitt Read more about Laurence Massillon Keitt Civil War Confederate Army Officer, US Congressman
Henrie Monteith Treadwell Read more about Henrie Monteith Treadwell Civil rights activist; public health expert and advocate; First Black graduate and Black woman graduate from the University of South Carolina since Reconstruction