Ward One organization encourages learning, revitalizing history through day-long trip
The history trip includes stops at museums in Orangeburg and Charleston.
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Black Columbia residents reconnect 55 years after being displaced
Residents were made to move in 1968 to make way for the Carolina Coliseum.
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HIV testing is the ‘gateway’ to care. So why doesn’t the government test free year-round?
The responsibility to make HIV care accessible doesn’t always fall on the government. Nonprofits and other organizations do the most HIV testing and treat the most patients.
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How Columbia is capturing its unique perspective on Black history
Columbia Museum of Art’s new exhibition showcases the Midlands’ Civil Rights history, including the Black business district on Columbia’s Washington Street.
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Late senator leaves his lasting impact through SC HBCUs
The schools are focusing on initiatives such as business, science, nursing and technology.
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USC breaks ground for statue, honors 60th anniversary of desegregation
Six decades after USC was desegregated, the university broke ground on a monument to honor the first three Black students who enrolled for classes after Reconstruction.
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USC COVID-19 research study to understand impact on Black communities
USC’s psychology department is recruiting African American participants for a COVID-19 disparity research study.
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Darion McCloud: the storyteller who sows artistic magic
Darion McCloud is well known around the Midlands as a consummate storyteller – but he’s also a man of many other talents.
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Brehanna Daniels jumps over barriers to make NASCAR history
Brehanna Daniels, a former Norfolk State basketball standout, is making history as the first black woman to go through NASCAR’s pit crew development program.
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Black teachers in classroom improve outlook for minority students
Black men in South Carolina represent about 1,000 of the state’s total teachers. Two of those teachers, Derick Hearn and Waylon Gibson, try to represent diversity each day to their students.
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National Empathy Day promotes acceptance, resources for incarcerated people
Local and national leaders promoted prison reform legislation in Columbia Tuesday.
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Isaac Woodard: A forgotten story that changed history
Seventy-three years after a brutal racially-charged attack, a small Midlands town reconciles with its past.
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