South Carolina People

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Willie Earle

Willie Earle was the victim of a brutal murder and the last racial lynching in South Carolina.

Women in military uniform being inspected by two women.

Charity Adams Earley was the first Black woman to be an officer in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and was the commanding officer of the first battalion of Black women to serve overseas during World War II.

Marian Wright Edelman

Marian Wright Edelman is an activist for the children's rights and the founder of the Children’s Defense Fund.

Walter Edgar

Walter B. Edgar is a historian and author specializing in Southern history and culture, particularly for South Carolina.

Black and white photograph of Frances Edmunds

Frances Ravenel Smythe Edmunds

Preservationist

James B. Edward

Governor, U.S. secretary of energy, college president

John Edwards

Seneca native John Edwards is a lawyer and former politician who served as a U.S. senator from North Carolina.

Stephen Elliott

Stephen Elliott was a legislator, banker, and botanist. He is best known for his work, A Sketch of the Botany of South Carolina and Georgia. The plant genus Elliottia is named after him.

Robert Elliott wearing a dark and light suit

Robert Brown Elliott

Robert Elliott was an African American U.S. Representative from 1871-1874.

Jay Ellis

Jay Ellis is a television and film actor, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. He is best known for his recurring roles on the television shows, The Game and Insecure.