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Black History

Expungement ceremony for seven Civil Rights activists

Community

Civil rights leader Dr. Lonnie Randolph Jr. remembered for decades of advocacy in South Carolina

Dr. Lonnie Randolph Jr. is remembered for his decades of civil rights leadership and efforts to remove the Confederate flag in South Carolina.
Community

'Lonnie Randolph was the NAACP' | Columbia members remember longtime leader, community advocate

Dr. Lonnie Randolph Jr. is remembered for his decades of civil rights leadership and efforts to remove the Confederate flag in South Carolina.
Community

Longtime South Carolina NAACP, civil rights leader Dr. Lonnie Randolph Jr. dies after decades of service

Randolph had decades of service in civil rights, optometry, and the community.
Black History

McMaster signs Robert Smalls monument bill

The grounds of the State House will soon have a monument dedicated to Robert Smalls. Born into slavery he escaped by stealing a Confederate ship.
Orangeburg

Orangeburg celebrates Juneteenth with historic groundbreaking

Work is set to begin on a major revitalization project, Railroad Corner, in the city of Orangeburg.
13News Now Presents

Roots Recovered: Reclaiming Our Names

This documentary from 13News Now explores the growing interest African Americans have in discovering their ancestral names.
Crime

Charleston Massacre: Nine years later

The shooting happened during a Wednesday night Bible study class, nine church members were murdered.
Education

Push to revive AP African American studies

Speakers say the decision to stop offering AP African American studies is part of an ongoing effort by the Board to diminish diversity efforts in schools.
Black History

Civil Rights leader dies at 95

The Rev. James Lawson Jr. educated many activists in the 1960s, and worked alongside MLK Jr. His family said he died peacefully at home.
Black History

South Carolina's fight for equal education still resonates 70 years later

Briggs v. Elliott was one of the cases that makes up what we know as Brown v. Board of Education, which decided racial segregation in schools was unconstitutional.
Sumter

70th anniversary of Briggs vs. Elliott

A group of people in Clarendon county began the lawsuit that would insure equal education for everyone.