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SC man guilty of forcing women into sex trafficking to spend next 30 years in prison
The State McClatchy via AOL· 1 hour agoA Greenville man who pleaded guilty to charges that he forced women to engage in a sex trafficking...
It’s time for South Carolina to finally recognize Juneteenth as an official holiday | Opinion
Hilton Head Island Packet via Yahoo News· 1 day agoState Sen. Darrell Jackson, D-Columbia, has introduced several bills to make Juneteenth an SC state...
Friendship 9’s John Gaines dies at 83. SC civil rights group pioneered ‘jail, no bail’
The State via Yahoo News· 2 days agoSouth Carolina civil rights legend John Alexander Gaines, who spent a month in the York County jail...
How Juneteenth Became Black Independence Day
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoA group of enslaved people is seen on J.J. Smith's plantation in Beaufort, South Carolina. Library of Congress Free Without Freedom The original...
On Juneteenth, a journalist honors ancestor at ceremony for Black soldiers who served in Civil War
WJTV Jackson· 11 minutes agoWASHINGTON (AP) — It was the middle of the night in the summer of 2021 when I finally found the missing piece of my family history. My great-great-great-great grandfather Hewlett Sands, born into s…
John Gaines, civil rights leader and member of Friendship Nine, has died
WSOC-TV Charlotte· 2 days agoJohn Gaines, a civil rights leader from South Carolina who made history during a sit-in at a Rock...
'Freedom Never Dies': New children's book spells out life, activism of Harry and Harriette Moore
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 8 hours ago"They learn the important lesson that's not ancient history, which is that it was a struggle for...
Local historian shares tales of St. Helena’s freed people during and after the Civil War
Hilton Head Island Packet via Yahoo News· 24 hours agoOver the weekend multiple events across Beaufort County celebrated the holiday and local historian...
Another blow to American democracy from the Supreme Court
The Hill· 4 hours agoThe Supreme Court’s ruling in Alexander v. South Carolina NAACP put to rest any lingering doubts...
Internet Hilariously Roasts Nancy Mace’s Latest Hypocrisy
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 6 days agoSouth Carolina Republican Representative Nancy Mace bragged about her record supporting civil...