USC College of Education celebrates 150 years of Reconstruction in Normal School exhibit
The school helped African-American teens become classroom teachers.
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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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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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From DJing to discussions: how hip-hop culture has graced colleges
USC is one of many schools teaching the historical importance of hip-hop and its culture.
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Columbia’s first animation studio is brought to life
Local artists in the Midlands can now pursue a career in animation professionally with the opening of Roc Bottom Studios.
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Black cinema takes center stage, connecting with local Black communities
The Luminal Theater in Columbia is showing Black films around the Midlands and providing opportunities for independent filmmakers.
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African martial sciences with Columbia’s grand matriarch
Columbia’s grand matriarch of African martial sciences, Mama G, and her students discuss the practice amid its success in major films.
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