Major events in history are often retold through the lens of just a few people and capture just a portion of a
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Most people have seen Juneteenth merch. The red.The yellow.The green.The raised Black fist. Those symbols are powerful. They speak to Black pride, Black resistance, and Pan-African unity. But here is the part many people still do not know: That is
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By: Bobby J. Donaldson Curated from: theconversation.com A rusting chain-link fence represents a “color line” for the dead in Columbia, South Carolina. In Randolph Cemetery, separated by the barrier from the well-manicured
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Journalist, civil rights activist. Born in Youngstown, Florida, on August 25, 1910, McCray was the eldest of seven children born to Donald Carlos McCray and Rachel Rebecca Montgomery. At age six, McCray
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Grant will fund restoration and upgrades to Booker T. Washington Auditorium Building Booker T. Washington High School, Columbia’s first public high school for African American students, has a powerful history as a
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I didn’t think a memorial about the horror of lynching could be beautiful. But that’s just what the National Memorial for Peace and Justice is. Though I’m not sure it was done
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Too often, the phrase “Black History” evokes thoughts of Iconic individuals and civil rights leaders of 50 plus years ago, who accomplished amazing things against insurmountable odds. But sometime history can be
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In our continued efforts to educate the public about black history in South Carolina outside of Black History Month, we bring this segment of Beyond February to you with the purpose of
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In the 1980’s the Capital City Club was established as a private dining club that could afford all professionals in the city a place to do business in a social environment. Prior
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