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Representative Jerry Govan (D) of Orangeburg has announced that he will run for state superintendent of education. Molly Spearman, the current superintendent,
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The South Carolina House on Wednesday unanimously approved allowing two weeks of early voting and other smaller changes to state election laws, uniting Democrats and Republicans on issues that have been contentious in other states. The 114-0 vote sends the bill
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Rep. Donald McEachin, a Virginia Democrat recently elected to a fourth term in Congress, died Monday after nearly a decade with cancer. He was 61. McEachin was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in
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A trial to determine whether South Carolina’s congressional maps are legal closes Tuesday with arguments over whether the state Legislature diluted Black voting power by remaking the boundaries of the only U.S.
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Join cultural historian Linda Rui Reng at Richland Library Main from 6 – 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, December 8 to discuss her debut novel Swimming Back to Trout Fish River. Moderated by Dr. Gregory Patterson Associate
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(Columbia, SC) – The Columbia Museum of Art presents More Than Rhythm: A Black Music Series with Nicole Neely and The Black Exchange, the second concert in the second season of the popular music
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(Charleston, SC) — A new monument recognizing the first Black student to attend the U.S. Naval Academy was dedicated Monday in Charleston. James Henry Conyers, a Charleston native, was nominated for admission
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The Benedict College Tigers won their first SIAC football championship after taking down the Tuskegee Golden Tigers 58-21 on Saturday at Charlie W. Johnson Stadium. Benedict College did not lose a single game this
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The Columbia Museum of Art is honoring creativity and community with a night of cocktails, conversation, dancing, and more at the CMA Gala, an annual black-tie affair to celebrate and support the
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The Black Food Truck Festival is back this fall celebrating Black businesses and culture with food, music and family friendly activities and entertainment. Tickets are on sale now for the two-day festival
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(Columbia, SC) – The South Carolina State Fair welcomes the holiday season with the return of Carolina Lights, its annual downtown drive-through holiday lights show, taking place Dec. 3-26 (closed Christmas Day) at the Lexington Medical
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(Newberry, SC) – A new endowed scholarship will honor Newberry College’s first Black head men’s basketball coach and athletic director, William Grafton Young Jr. The scholarship’s benefactor wished to remain anonymous. Young
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