On Mar 3, 1896: The South Carolina General Assembly enacted legislation establishing the Colored Normal, Industrial, Agricultural and Mechanical College of South Carolina (later South Carolina State) in Orangeburg.
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"South Carolina State University, 1896." Historianspeaks, March 9, 2026. https://historianspeaks.org/blog/south-carolina-state-university-1896.
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