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Black History
South Carolina's fight for equal education still resonates 70 years later
Sumter
70th anniversary of Briggs vs. Elliott
A group of people in Clarendon county began the lawsuit that would insure equal education for everyone.
Black History
Civil War hero to get statue at State House
Robert Smalls will be immortalized with a statue on the State House grounds.
Black History
Scrubbing into the past, residents clean headstones of Columbia trailblazers
Residents came together for National Historic Preservation Month at Randolph Cemetery.
Black History
Scrubbing into the past, residents clean headstones of Columbia trailblazers
Residents came together for National Historic Preservation Month at Randolph Cemetery.
News
USC unveils desegregation monument on campus
The new 12-foot bronze monument depicts the moment when three Black students desegregated the school in the 1960s.
Special Reports
Roots Recovered: Reclaiming Our Names
This documentary from 13News Now explores the growing interest African Americans have in discovering their ancestral names.
Education
Benedict College celebrates Founders Day
The college celebrated their 154th Founders Day convocation at the Antisdal Chapel.
National
Judge dismisses suit by Georgia slave descendants over technical errors. Lawyers vow to try again
The suit accused officials of race discrimination when they approved zoning changes to one of the South's last Gullah-Geechee communities of Black slave descendants.
National
David Harris, first Black commercial pilot for a major airline, dead at 89
The trailblazer in aviation was hired by Fort Worth-based American Airlines in 1964.
Black History
Sign unveiled at Zion Baptist in Columbia pays homage to church's historic role in lives of Black South Carolinians
Zion Baptist Church sits in the former Black business district and was just given a street sign honoring its history.
Black History
Black history month celebration at Columbia High school
Students at Columbia High School held a huge celebration for Black history with a celebration of Wakanda.
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