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SC ends AP African American Studies in public schools. Some say it’s ‘whitewashing history’
The State via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe South Carolina Department of Education announced that schools could not longer offer advanced...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 13 hours agoThe Justice Department is still investigating several other Civil Rights Era deaths after closing the Emmett Till case this week. Using the Cold Case Initiative, investigators ...
Friendship 9’s John Gaines dies at 83. SC civil rights group pioneered ‘jail, no bail’
The Rock Hill Herald· 2 days agoGaines and other civil rights protesters from Rock Hill spent a month in jail after being convicted of trespassing.
It’s time for South Carolina to finally recognize Juneteenth as an official holiday | Opinion
Myrtle Beach Sun News via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoState Sen. Darrell Jackson, D-Columbia, has introduced several bills to make Juneteenth an SC state...
A Civil War hero got a new statue. Her name is Harriet Tubman.
The Christian Science Monitor· 6 days agoThe Rev. Kenneth Hodges is an intentional man, with a photographer’s eye and a preacher’s cadence....
Florence civil rights icon John Gaines of 'Friendship Nine' dies
WPDE· 5 days agoFlorence civil rights leader and attorney John Gaines has died, according to Douglas Hawkins with...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 11 hours agoSupreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is raising eyebrows and getting plenty of eye rolls for his comments on a landmark Court decision that helped invigorate the Civil Rights ...
Don't Water Down Juneteenth
Newsweek· 2 hours agoDespite the relentless attacks on our multiracial democracy, hope is not lost. Our ancestors never surrendered their dream for a brighter tomorrow.
Harriet Tubman led a raid that freed more than 700 enslaved people. A South Carolina church has...
KOAM· 1 day agoThis year marks the 161st anniversary of the raid, and the Tabernacle Baptist Church – the first Black Baptist church in Beaufort, South Carolina – unveiled ...
Supreme Court's redistricting decision could hurt map challengers - Roll Call
CQ Politics· 2 days agoIt can already be tough for challengers to distinguish between those motivations when racial...