BEAUFORT, S.C. — South Carolina is preparing to put up its first individual statue for an African American on its Statehouse lawn, honoring a man who put on Confederate clothes in order to steal ...

South Carolina is preparing to honor Robert Smalls, a former slave who became a prominent political leader, by erecting the first statue of an individual African American on its Statehouse lawn.

BEAUFORT, S.C. – South Carolina is preparing to put up its first individual statue for an African American on its Statehouse lawn, honoring a man who put on Confederate clothes in order to steal ...

South Carolina is erecting its first-ever statue of an African American in honor of a Civil War hero who escaped slavery and became a prominent political figure after pretending to be a ...

The shooter, Dylann Roof, then 22, sat in the Bible study group with his victims for about an hour in the basement of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, the oldest one in the south, ...

South Carolina state Representatives Brandon Cox, left, and Jermaine Johnson talk about their efforts to honor Robert Smalls, who will soon be the first African American individual with a statue ...

South Carolina is preparing to put up its first individual statue for an African American on its Statehouse lawn, honoring a man who put on Confederate clothes in order to steal a slaveholder’s ...

South Carolina state Reps. Brandon Cox, R-Goose Creek, left, and Jermaine Johnson, D-Columbia, right talk about their efforts to honor Robert Smalls, who will soon be the first African American ...

A bust of Robert Smalls, who will soon be the first African American individual with a statue at the South Carolina Statehouse, is displayed Reconstruction Era National Historic Park, Thursday ...

BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina is preparing to put up its first individual statue for an African American on its Statehouse lawn, honoring a man who put on Confederate clothes in order to ...

A bust of Robert Smalls, who will soon be the first African American individual with a statue at the South Carolina Statehouse, is displayed Reconstruction Era National Historic Park, Thursday ...