When he and other Black protesters were arrested at a whites-only lunch counter in 1961, they tried a new strategy — ‘Jail No ...

RIDGEVILLE, S.C. (WCIV) — A historical monument commemorating the last school for Native Americans in South Carolina prior to ...

South Carolina schools are facing a lawsuit over restrictions on what can be taught about racial inequality in K-12 public ...

Columbia City Council member Tyler Bailey joined with the Legal Defense Fund to file a federal civil rights lawsuit Monday on ...

The Saint Mary's Division for Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and Gender and Women's Studies Department hosted the 'Hidden in Plain Sight' lecture to highlight historical Black women, including South ...

The lawyers formally incorporated the SPLC in 1971, and civil rights activist Julian Bond was named the first president. Dees ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Funeral plans have been announced for civil rights activist Ruth Ann Butler who died on Jan. 15. Butler, 81, was a teacher before becoming a curator, working to ...

Iconic songs by Sam Cooke, Kim Weston, Public Enemy, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar and more depict ...

Ahead of the spring semester, nine students traveled to Washington, D.C., and Jackson, Mississippi, as part of a community-engaged learning trip led by the Swearer Center and in partnership with ...

Other states (like Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and New Mexico), have ruled that partisan gerrymandering violates voters’ rights under similar provisions. Representing the League of Women Voters of South ...