Tag: 1961 state house march

Columbia 63 sharing local Black history, city’s contribution to national Civil Rights Movement

by Emmy Ribero | Feb 27, 2024

Columbia 63 hopes to spread awareness of local civil rights history in Columbia by creating free and accessible ways to teach the public.

UofSC civil rights center unveils monument commemorating historical march

by Alexandra Koch | Mar 3, 2021

The Center for Civil Rights History and Research at the University of South Carolina unveiled a new historical marker and monument in honor of 187 student protesters that were arrested for “disturbing the peace,” in a 1961 protest at the South Carolina State House.