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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· 3 hours agoA Greenville man who pleaded guilty to charges that he forced women to engage in a sex trafficking...
On Juneteenth, a journalist honors ancestor at ceremony for Black soldiers who served in Civil War
Houston Chronicle· 2 hours agoMy great-great-great-great grandfather Hewlett Sands, born into slavery in Oyster Bay, New York in...
How Juneteenth Became Black Independence Day
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 5 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...
Trump’s record of insulting Black communities highlighted by top Democrat on Juneteenth: Latest...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 21 minutes agoRepublican presidential candidate Donald Trump back on the campaign trail after being convicted on...
Another blow to American democracy from the Supreme Court
The Hill· 5 hours agoThe Supreme Court’s ruling in Alexander v. South Carolina NAACP put to rest any lingering doubts...
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...
When Was the First Black Barbie Made? All About the Doll's History
People Magazine· 3 hours agoBarbie dolls first hit the shelves in 1959 — but it would take more than two decades for an official...
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...
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...
Juneteenth Black Civil War Veterans
Anacortes American· 2 hours agoAssociated Press reporter Darren Sands, right, reads the names of United States Colored Troops regimental soldiers, including his great-great-great-great...
