South Carolina schools’ race, gender rules face civil rights lawsuit
The South Carolina Department of Education faces a civil rights lawsuit challenging its restrictions on how race and sex are ...
Thomas Gaither, who led ‘jail-no-bail’ civil rights activism, dies at 86
The Friendship Nine changed the civil rights movement in 1961 by choosing prison rather than paying a fine for a sit-in at a ...
Elected officials, Civil rights leader honor the life of Greenville historian Ruth Ann Butler
The death of Ruth Ann Butler sent shockwaves through the Upstate as political figures McMaster and White offer condolences to ...
Thomas Gaither, Who Chose Jail After Civil Rights Sit-ins, Dies at 86
When he and other Black protesters were arrested at a whites-only lunch counter in 1961, they tried a new strategy — ‘Jail No ...
‘It handcuffs the minds of our children’: Civil Rights lawsuit challenges SC curriculum restrictions
The State Superintendent of Education Ellen Weaver and two Midlands school districts are at the forefront of a Civil Rights ...
SC civil rights trailblazer honored by USC 75 years after law school admission denied (copy)
University of South Carolina turned him away from its law school, Jacob Joseph Martin was honored at USC as a civil rights trailblazer.
The Forward on MSN5d
South Carolina rabbi’s Holocaust memorial speech pulled from TV for being 'too political'
A public TV station in South Carolina removed a Holocaust memorial speech by a rabbi after he criticized recent policies on ...
Democratic leader calls on South Carolinians to continue MLK’s fight
Nearly 60 years after Martin Luther King Jr.’s death, Democratic leaders called on Black South Carolinians to take up his fight for civil rights once again. Speaking while President Donald Trump was ...
catholicmessenger12h
St. Ambrose marks Civil Rights Week
DAVENPORT — “March to Remember,” a silent march commemorating the Civil Rights movement and St. Ambrose College’s (now university) role in it kicked off the university’s weeklong 2025 Civil Rights ...
South Carolina’s “Ban The Box” Bills: What Employers Need To Know
Learn how South Carolina’s proposed Ban the Box bills could impact hiring practices for private employers conducting criminal ...
Post and Courier18d
SC civil rights trailblazer honored by USC 75 years after law school admission denied
COLUMBIA — Seventy-five years after a segregated University of South Carolina turned him ... set the stage to advance the modern civil rights movement." When the university returned his 1950 ...