Tag: history
Columbia’s antique stores offer unique and s...
By Taylor Kaye Beltz | Mar 29, 2023
The Venus flytrap: South Carolina’s famous, ...
By Hanah Watts | Dec 7, 2022
A simple brick can mean love, legacy, history for ...
By Jade Crooks | Dec 7, 2022
Experience the Vietnam War at a new exhibit in Col...
By Addison Hinkle | Nov 18, 2022
Mystery mural surprises Five Points bookstore reno...
By Stephen Pastis | Oct 27, 2022
Black Columbia residents reconnect 55 years after being displaced
by Win Hammond | Dec 6, 2023
Residents were made to move in 1968 to make way for the Carolina Coliseum.
Read MoreColumbia Canopy Project seeks shade, history in marginalized communities
by Madeline Hager | Dec 6, 2023
The project has planted 175 trees so far.
Read MoreHistoric house near USC Horseshoe gets renovations
by Jack Wolfe | Oct 13, 2023
The house on Marion Street known as the Minton family home is getting a touch up that preserves its roots.
Read MoreSouth Carolina Black Press Institute honors legacy of Black journalist and activist
by Téa Smith and Carson Peaden | Mar 31, 2022
Allen University held a symposium with the S.C. Black Press Institute to honor John Henry McCray, a Black political activist and newspaper publisher. The organization received a grant three years ago to study his work.
Read MoreCapital City Stadium lives on through memories of fans, players
by Cam Adams | Feb 21, 2022
Capital City Stadium has been a sports gem of Columbia since its opening in 1927. Now, as it lives out its last days, fans and players recite their memories over the stadium’s 95-year history.
Read More$1.5 million donation to expand South Carolina civil rights education
by Kaitlyn McCue and Téa Smith | Feb 16, 2022
An energy infrastructure company announced a donation to expand the University of South Carolina’s Center for Civil Rights History and Research.
Read MoreHistory professor wants to help bring UofSC into 21st century
by Taylor Washington | Apr 22, 2021
As a co-chair on the Presidential Commission on University History, history professor Valinda Littlefield wants the commission’s work to do more than change controversial building names on campus.
Read MoreAll Rise – The first female South Carolina Supreme Court Justice aims to uplift young women
by Rachel Strieber | Apr 1, 2021
Justice Jean Hoefer Toal, the first female justice and chief justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court, aims to uplift women leaders in the legal field and beyond.
Read MoreResidents share mixed feelings about ‘springing forward’
by Trey Martin | Mar 15, 2021
Why countries around the world observe a daylight saving time and what health affects it may impose.
Read MoreNew podcast highlights complex history of South Carolina monuments
by Trey Martin | Feb 19, 2021
Historic Columbia takes a dive into the complex and often forgotten history of monuments on the South Carolina State House grounds.
Read MoreAward-winning Saluda Riverwalk expands river access
by Samantha Winn and Amoni Jerman | Nov 2, 2020
The newest addition to the Three Rivers Greenway is open for public use, despite private property signage.
Read MoreUofSC examines renaming controversial campus buildings
by Amoni Jerman | Oct 16, 2020
The Presidential Commission on University History held virtual public forums Tuesday and Thursday for the Carolina community to share their thoughts on renaming campus buildings.
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