316:(in which three South Carolina State University students were killed by state troopers while participating in civil rights protests), Johnson had worked on a desegregation plan for the state's colleges and universities. Johnson had also been the first businessman who pushed to have the Confederate flag removed from the state house in Columbia.
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Our membership is single gender just as many other organizations and clubs all across
America. These would include junior Leagues, sororities, fraternities, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and countless others. And we all have a moral and legal right to organize our clubs the way we
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in 1969. By 1965, Johnson had assumed control of the bank, and under his leadership, Bankers Trust of South
Carolina rose from obscurity to become a high-performance, widely respected bank. Johnson served as chairman of the executive committee at
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For her part, Burk â whose childhood nickname was also Hootie â was "called a man hater, anti-family, lesbian, all the usual things." For his part, according to former CEO and chairman of Bank of
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