State Sen. John Matthews, who represents portions of Berkeley, Dorchester, Colleton, Calhoun and Orangeburg Counties, said Tuesday he will not seek re-election this year.
Black History Month first began as Negro History Week in 1926 by Dr. Carter G. Woodson. Woodson wanted schools and communities all over the nation to learn about the accomplishments of African Americans and celebrate their contributions to society.
As America dealt with racial strife and injustice, the city of Charleston was not immune. In 1969, the hospital workers at the medical college went on strike demanding better treatment and better pay.
Echoes of the song “We Shall Overcome” reverberates through the nation at marches, around Dr. Martin Luther King Junior’s birthday and during Black History Month.
The last Monday in May is always observed as Memorial Day, a day to remember those who lost their lives serving as members of the United States military.
Mosquito Beach is about 10 minutes from Folly Beach, but in the 50's during the Jim Crow era that kept blacks and whites separate in the south, blacks could not go to Folly Beach.
From Andrews to Anderson, several famous African American actors and actresses were born and some grew up right here in the Lowcountry or other parts of South Carolina,
February is Black History Month, and cadets at The Citadel say they're trying to bridge the historical gap between Emancipation and the Inauguration. "You get a true understanding where we come from that's
Tucked away in a Summerville home and nearly forgotten, audio tapes of Civil Rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. have been discovered. They are a forty minute recording of a speech Dr. King gave in Charleston in the summer of 1967.
