South Carolina Set To Execute Black Man As Controversy Swirls Over Racial...
On the heels of Missouri’s’s controversial execution of Marcellus Williams, South Carolina plans to execute Richard Moore on Nov. 1 for the 1999 murder of James Mahoney, who was working at Nikki’s...
View ArticleGullah Geechee Civil War Hero Robert Smalls To Be Honored With Statehouse...
¹South Carolina will soon erect its first individual statue for a Black person on its Statehouse lawn in its capital, Columbia. During the Civil War, Robert Smalls, a native of the Gullah Geechee...
View ArticleCivil Rights Activists Finally Get Arrests Expunged 64 Years After Historic...
On Oct. 25 Simon Bouie and six others had their arrest records expunged more than 60 years after they staged a sit-in in a Columbia, South Carolina, lunch counter that was designated as whites-only....
View ArticleDespite Calls To Spare His Life, South Carolina Executes Richard Moore
As previously reported by BLACK ENTERPRISE, South Carolina faced backlash and protests over the scheduled execution of Richard Moore. Despite the outcry, Moore was executed by the state on Nov. 1....
View ArticleActivist & Member Of Greenville 8, Margaree Crosby Dies At 82
Margaree Seawright Crosby, a Greenville, South Carolina, Civil Rights icon, passed away on Friday, Nov. 8. Dr. Crosby was 82 and the first African American woman to become a tenured professor at...
View ArticleJames Solomon Jr., One Of The First Black Students To Desegregate University...
James L. Solomon Jr., the first Black student to enroll in the University of South Carolina’s graduate program in mathematics, and one of only three Black students on the university’s campus in 1963,...
View ArticleCharlamagne Tha God Brings Krystal Burger Chain To South Carolina
Charlamagne Tha God is returning to his home state of South Carolina to open his first Krystal fast-food restaurant. The popular radio and TV personality has teamed up with Atlanta-based burger chain...
View ArticleMissing South Carolina Woman Found Dead In Neighboring North Carolina
After being reported missing for several weeks, a South Carolina woman was discovered dead in North Carolina. According to WSOC-TV, the body of 22-year-old Ta’haley Payton was found near a park on...
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Former NFL Defensive End Robert Quinn Arrested After Hit And Run
Former NFL All-Pro defensive end Robert Quinn was arrested for a hit and run in Charleston, South Carolina, during the early morning hours of Jan. 10. According to an incident report, a man who was...
View ArticlePresident Biden Visits Charleston’s Royal Missionary Baptist Church On Final...
On Jan. 19, President Joe Biden visited services at the Royal Missionary Baptist Church in Charleston, South Carolina, as part of his last presidential trip before ceding the office to President-elect...
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