The University of South Carolina and its Center for Civil Rights History and Research are receiving $3.4 million from the National Park Service to share this legacy.

South Carolina clears civil rights sit-in protesters’ records after 60 years. ... marks a moment of justice and recognition for the sacrifices made during the Civil Rights Movement.

No survey of South Carolina’s contributions to the civil rights movement should fail to acknowledge the careful manner in which three governors — Fritz Hollings, McNair and John West — moved ...

Civil rights activists in the state are teaming up to petition the U.S. Supreme Court to rename the case after 70 years, The Post and Courier reports. Their goal is for the court to replace Brown v.

Hundreds attended a Unity Park protest organized by local progressive groups as part of a national day of action to honor the ...

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. ...

South Carolina civil rights photographer Cecil Williams sits in front of some of the displays he created for his museum, the only civil rights museum in the state, on Dec. 12, 2023, in Orangeburg ...

A longtime leader in the South Carolina NAACP at the local and state level has died. Dr. Lonnie Randolph Jr. was the president of the Columbia branch of the NAACP for 20 years and was tapped to ...

Associated Press South Carolina civil-rights leaders want Supreme Court to rename 1954 case Brown v. Board of Education Briggs v. Elliott, a South Carolina case, said to have predated the famous ...

South Carolina will soon expand its only civil rights museum, thanks to photographer Cecil Williams, who currently showcases years of work in his converted house. From sit-ins to prayer protests ...

ORANGEBURG, S.C. — Much of how South Carolina has seen its civil rights history has been through the lens of photographer Cecil Williams. From sit-ins to prayer protests to portraits of African ...

William Harvey Carney, born in slavery, was the hero of the Battle of Battery Wagner, fought in South Carolina in 1863.