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.
A historical monument commemorating the last school for Native Americans in South Carolina prior to public school integration was unveiled Saturday in Ridgeville. The monument honors the legacy of the Four Holes Freedom School,
The State Superintendent of Education Ellen Weaver and two Midlands school districts are at the forefront of a Civil Rights Lawsuit.
When he and other Black protesters were arrested at a whites-only lunch counter in 1961, they tried a new strategy — ‘Jail No Bail’ — and energized a movement.
University of South Carolina turned him away from its law school, Jacob Joseph Martin was honored at USC as a civil rights trailblazer.
In his final full day as president, Joe Biden visited South Carolina and urged Americans to maintain hope, reflecting on the civil rights movement's influence on his political career. Highlighting his South Carolina primary win in 2020 and ongoing support for African American history,
King Day at the Dome started in 2000 as a protest to the Confederate flag flying over the State House dome and inside both legislative chambers.
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 influence of both the civil rights movement and the state itself in his political trajectory.
President Joe Biden is spending the last full day of his presidency in South Carolina — a state that helped propel him to the White House in 2020.
Remembrances are happening January 31 and February 1, marking the 65th anniversary of the Greensboro sit-ins. The building where the civil rights protest began, Woolworth's, is now a National Historic Landmark.
Auditions for the 2025 Asheville Community Talent Showcase (A.C.T.S.), a vibrant celebration of the rich talent from communities across Western North Carolina, are at 7 p.m. Feb. 11 at Asheville Community Theatre. For details, visit ashevilletheatre.org.
"I'm a history major," said Barnes. "One of the times it really got to me was when I was looking through an old arrest report book. We were trying to find when Wyatt Walker and Harry Blake were arrested in Shreveport during the civil rights movement,