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 Whites-only lunch counter.
‘Not a dictatorship of America.’ SC’s King Day at the Dome serves as response to Trump
King Day at the Dome started in 2000 as a protest to the Confederate flag flying over the State House dome and inside both ...
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 ...
SC civil rights trailblazer honored by USC 75 years after law school admission denied
University of South Carolina turned him away from its law school, Jacob Joseph Martin was honored at USC as a civil rights ...
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 ...
‘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 Lawsuit.
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Local civil rights activist remembered in Greenville
FOX Carolina's Hayley Spitler has the details. Bob Jones University confirmed that one of their alum were among the 64 people killed after an American Airlines plane collided with an Army ...
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Biden urges Americans to ‘keep the faith’
US President Joe Biden spent his final full day as president on Sunday in South Carolina, urging Americans to “keep the faith ...
NC A&T Honors A Civil Rights Legacy: Celebrating the 65th Anniversary of the Woolworth Sit-Ins
This weekend, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will mark the 65 th Anniversary of the Woolworth Sit-Ins./ On February 1 st, 1960, four North Carolina A&T students started a ...