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A Civil War hero got a new statue. Her name is Harriet Tubman.
The Christian Science Monitor· 5 days agoThe Rev. Kenneth Hodges is an intentional man, with a photographer’s eye and a preacher’s cadence....
Harriet Tubman led a raid that freed more than 700 enslaved people. A South Carolina church has...
ABC57 South Bend· 2 hours agoIn the early hours of June 2, 1863, Union army gunboats idled along the banks of South Carolina’s Combahee River, waiting to give the signal to the enslaved ...
EDITORIAL: Juneteenth has significance as formal holiday
The Times and Democrat· 7 hours agoGen. Gordon Granger marched into Galveston on June 19, 1865, to announce the end of slavery and the Civil War to the last slaves. Also known as “Black Independence Day,” the ...
Supreme Court's redistricting decision could hurt map challengers - Roll Call
CQ Politics· 1 day agoIt can already be tough for challengers to distinguish between those motivations when racial...
AP African American studies dropped in South Carolina, prompting criticism
ABC News via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe move has been criticized by free speech and civil rights groups including the NAACP and ACLU ...
Friendship 9’s John Gaines dies at 83. SC civil rights group pioneered ‘jail, no bail’
The Rock Hill Herald· 22 hours agoGaines and other civil rights protesters from Rock Hill spent a month in jail after being convicted of trespassing.
SC ends AP African American Studies in public schools. Some say it’s ‘whitewashing history’
The State via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe South Carolina Department of Education announced that schools could not longer offer advanced...
Sen. Tim Scott fashions himself a Christian. Why does he lie about Trump and crime? | Opinion
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 3 hours ago“Under Joe Biden, we’ve seen the movement to defund the police, leaving communities like the one I...
Florence civil rights icon John Gaines of 'Friendship Nine' dies
WPDE· 4 days agoFlorence civil rights leader and attorney John Gaines has died, according to Douglas Hawkins with...
AP African American studies dropped in South Carolina, prompting criticism
ABC News· 7 days agoThe move has been criticized by free speech and civil rights groups including the NAACP and ACLU ...