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North Charleston first new mayor in nearly 30 years says the struggles and sacrifices of his past will help him shape the city's future as its first African American mayor.
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An historic school built for African Americans in 1925 is restored and reopened in St. George, S.C. as a community center and museum. It will share the stories of those who created it and were educated there.
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On November 22, 1963, Bennie Sulton suited up in his maroon and white high school football uniform. The 17-year old was a captain of the Lakeview Tigers in West Columbia. They were about to face Gresham Megget High school from James Island in a championship game. The two schools were a part of South Carolina’s Equalization program; providing an education for African-American students and maintaining “separate but equal” schools for white and black children.But instead of euphoria, Sulton and his teammates where dealing with a different set of feelings stemming from the realization that graduation meaning the end of football careers for many, desegregation ending the history of their school and also the death of Pres. John F. Kennedy.
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Rock Hill's Southside is a place where African-Americans hold modest real estate wealth. But with fewer families interested in staying, long-established neighborhoods are slowly disappearing.
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Jonathan Green says that he creates his art for a purpose: to educate and inspire. He describes the newly published collection of his paintings, Gullah Spirit, as a kind of call for a community of mothers working together like those who raised him. He believes mothers are better together raising children.
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The Long Point Schoolhouse which opened in 1904 to serve Black children will be restored after being moved within an historic African American community in an unincorporated area of Mount Pleasant.
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As the new International African American Museum begins to take shape along the banks of the Cooper River in Charleston, so does its leadership.
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The African-American community’s best and most trusted resource is often itself.When it comes to the COVID-19 vaccine, that can actually be a problem.“We…