Tag: history
African American History conference unites advocates
The second-annual African American Heritage Commission Conference brought together local civil rights activists and historians.
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The memory of the UFO is alive at the GROW
Step into the GROW to witness an untold story, a supportive community and some good music.
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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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Columbia Canopy Project seeks shade, history in marginalized communities
The project has planted 175 trees so far.
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Historic house near USC Horseshoe gets renovations
The house on Marion Street known as the Minton family home is getting a touch up that preserves its roots.
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A simple brick can mean love, legacy, history for USC alumni
Personalized bricks on the historic Horseshoe tell the stories of past and present Gamecocks.
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Experience the Vietnam War at a new exhibit in Columbia
The Vietnam War has a significant history for residents and veterans of the Midlands. That history is now being commemorated at the S.C. Confederate Relic Museum.
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Mystery mural surprises Five Points bookstore renovators
Construction crews renovating an old building found a psychedelic mural on an interior wall.
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South Carolina Black Press Institute honors legacy of Black journalist and activist
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.
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Capital City Stadium lives on through memories of fans, players
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.
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$1.5 million donation to expand South Carolina civil rights education
An energy infrastructure company announced a donation to expand the University of South Carolina’s Center for Civil Rights History and Research.
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History professor wants to help bring UofSC into 21st century
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.
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