“The first of its kind on any of the nation’s statehouse grounds,” this monument was sculptured by Ed Dwight of Colorado and
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The Rosenwald rural school building program which began in 1912 was a major effort to improve the quality of public education for African Americans in the early 20th-century South. By 1928, one in every five rural schools for black students
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Did you know there are two major lies dominating certain corners of America? One is that Trump won the election. The other is that understanding Critical Race Theory or being woke means
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Columbia must act now on gun violence, the time for just talk is over By: Rev. Carey A. Grady On April 26, 2021, on Zoom, a network of 35 congregations and over
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By: James Felder, Gullah Geechee Leadership Institute Fifty years ago, Isaac Samuel Leevy Johnson, Herbert Fielding and I stepped into the state capitol to take our places as South Carolina’s first black
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South Carolina Athletics installed a statue of women’s basketball great A’ja Wilson this week in front of Colonial Life Arena, celebrating the legendary career of the Hopkins, S.C., native who led the Gamecocks to
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I inherited Marvel and the Russo Brothers’ casting choice of T’Challa. It is something that I will forever be grateful for. The first time I saw Chad’s performance as T’Challa, it was
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The Rosenwald rural school building program which began in 1912 was a major effort to improve the quality of public education for African Americans in the early 20th-century South. By 1928, one
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“The first of its kind on any of the nation’s statehouse grounds,” this monument was sculptured by Ed Dwight of Colorado and dedicated March 29, 2001. This monument traces African-American history from
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The following includes the Top 10 Black History Sites to Visit in South Carolina as determined by the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission and its membership.
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