Thomas Gaither, who led ‘jail-no-bail’ civil rights activism, dies at 86
The Friendship Nine changed the civil rights movement in 1961 by choosing prison rather than paying a fine for a sit-in at a ...
Remembering the Orangeburg Massacre, 57 years later
It was a dark day in South Carolina’s history as Saturday marked 57 years since the Orangeburg Massacre. SC State ...
Democratic leader calls on South Carolinians to continue MLK’s fight
Nearly 60 years after Martin Luther King Jr.’s death, Democratic leaders called on Black South Carolinians to take up his fight for civil rights once again. Speaking while President Donald Trump was ...
‘It handcuffs the minds of our children’: Civil Rights lawsuit challenges SC curriculum restrictions
The State Superintendent of Education Ellen Weaver and two Midlands school districts are at the forefront of a Civil Rights ...
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South Carolina schools’ race, gender rules face civil rights lawsuit
The South Carolina Department of Education faces a civil rights lawsuit challenging its restrictions on how race and sex are taught in the state’s K-12 schools. South Carolina Budget Proviso 1. ...
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SC civil rights trailblazer honored by USC 75 years after law school admission denied
COLUMBIA — Seventy-five years after a segregated University of South Carolina turned him ... set the stage to advance the modern civil rights movement." When the university returned his 1950 ...
Elected officials, Civil rights leader honor the life of Greenville historian Ruth Ann Butler
The death of Ruth Ann Butler sent shockwaves through the Upstate as political figures McMaster and White offer condolences to ...
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Biden urges Americans to 'keep the faith' as he spends final full day as president in SC
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Joe Biden spent his final full day as president Sunday in South Carolina ... on the influence of both the civil rights movement and the state itself in his ...
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Biden urges Americans to 'keep the faith' as he spends final full day as president in South Carolina
Joe Biden spent his final full day as president Sunday in South Carolina, urging Americans to "keep the faith in a better day to come" and reflecting on the impact of the civil rights movement in ...