Members of the Stand as One activist group called for the firing of a Berkeley County teacher accused of using a racial slur during a classroom lesson on racism.
The land was then purchased by four freedmen who were former slaves in 1871. These men: Ismael Grant, Aaron Middleton, William Lecque and Plenty Lecque purchased Liberty Hill from the Trescott family.
Michael Allen, retired National Park Ranger, continues to work tirelessly to bring attention to the relevance of the Gullah Geechee Culture in the Lowcountry.
The Charleston County Library system released changes to its operating schedule and summer feeding program because of the new Juneteenth federal holiday.
The group CNA, which is conducting a racial bias audit of the police department, held one of the first in-person listening sessions to get the public’s input on Tuesday night.
Two Lowcountry minority organizations are offering scholarships to help Black students begin and complete their college careers. Four scholarship opportunities are available.
The virtual conversations have highlighted the struggles, contributions and significant events inspired by African Americans that have shaped America and the Lowcountry.
"You're going to step foot on sacred ground. The museum itself is situated in an historic alleyway that back in the 1850s and 60s was used as an auction location to sell people of African descent."
"Some were not literate, and they traveled by remembering landmarks, the lay of the land. And they would take you from St. George to New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C."
"We're honoring the fact that despite the stronghold of slavery, African Americans have been able to transcend and impact the world in really amazing ways."
North Charleston Police Chief Reginald L. Burgess is the first African American to serve as head of the department. He was named chief in January 2018.
There is a renewed effIn April of 2016, the U.S. Treasury Department, with the support of the Obama-Biden Administration, announced that formerly enslaved abolitionist Harriet Tubman would be placed on a new version of the $20 bill starting in 2020. The effort stalled under the Trump administration.
"I believe for the students this will be a most meaningful college experience, for they will study a project that is under construction and learn much about our nation's long-hidden history,"
On the last day of January in 1961, a group of African-American students from Friendship Junior College staged a sit-in at the McCrory’s segregated lunch counter in Rock Hill.
Tyler Perry has donated $100,000 to the legal defense fund of Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, after police fatally shot Taylor inside her apartment earlier this year.
The University of South Carolina is hosting a virtual public forum Monday night to give the public the chance to voice concerns about renaming buildings on the UofSC campus.
Funeral arrangements have been finalized for the woman who brought people of all different walks of life together to enjoy a good meal at her two Lowcountry restaurants.
And then when the pandemic hit and shut the NBA down, Jatae, who had already moved out on her own, came home. So now we have all four children at home, three grown, and the one that's saying why are y'all back cause this is my house. So now everybody's under one roof.
The University of South Carolina’s football team spoke briefly on campus Monday morning on social justice issues after Head Coach Will Muschamp’s decision to cancel football activities.
A Mount Pleasant committee will vote Wednesday on a resolution that would name racism as a threat to public health, which its authors hope would help in the fight to end systemic racism.
