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Telling history through hair: Almeta Clyburn's impact on Sumter honored in short documentary
Street Squad
Telling history through hair: Almeta Clyburn's impact on Sumter honored in short documentary
Almeta Dizzley Clyburn opened a beauty salon in 1950. Now, her legacy of creating safe spaces for Black women is being honored with a short documentary.
Black History
HBCU graduate makes history as first-ever Black woman neurosurgery resident at Vanderbilt
Tamia Potter graduated from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, and will soon graduate with her doctorate from Case Western Reserve University.
Black History
Cecil Williams Museum receives state funding
The museum houses more than 20,000 artifacts and documents that tell the story of some of South Carolina's most historic moments during the Civil Rights movement
Black History
Cecil Williams museum in Orangeburg gets funding
About $250,000 is being allocated in state funding for the museum's operation expenses
Street Squad
SC State 1890 Ag Innovator Scholarship program preparing students for agriculture workforce
The goal of this scholarship is to help alleviate some of the financial burden and helping to set these students up for success in the workforce.
Black History
Historic Black community in Fort Motte
James Whitmore has been working to increase the visibility of Fort Motte, a historically Black community in Calhoun county.
5 Plus
72 Hours on Bloody Island: The 1917 East St. Louis Massacre
Countless savage attacks were unleashed during the bloodshed. That’s just a glimpse of what happened during one of the bloodiest race wars on this ground.
A Seat at the Table
Lasenta Lewis-Ellis constructs buildings while building community
Not all heroes wear capes, but in this case, they do wear hard hats.
Black History
Midlands Civil Rights activist Kevin Gray has died
In recent years he became a restauranteur opening Railroad BBQ in 2020. He was 65 years old.
Local News
PHOTOS: Judge Clifton Newman
Judge Clifton Newman has presided over a number of high profile trials in South Carolina, including Alex Murdaugh, Nathaniel Rowland and Michael Slager.
Street Squad
Historic Orangeburg church celebrating 150 years in the community
The church's legacy is rooted in the Civil Rights Movement. They're getting ready for a celebration of their 150th anniversary on March 12.
Street Squad
Telling history through hair: Almeta Clyburn's impact on Sumter honored in short documentary
Almeta Dizzley Clyburn opened a beauty salon in 1950. Now, her legacy of creating safe spaces for Black women is being honored with a short documentary.
Black History
HBCU graduate makes history as first-ever Black woman neurosurgery resident at Vanderbilt
Tamia Potter graduated from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, and will soon graduate with her doctorate from Case Western Reserve University.
Black History
Cecil Williams Museum receives state funding
The museum houses more than 20,000 artifacts and documents that tell the story of some of South Carolina's most historic moments during the Civil Rights movement
Black History
Cecil Williams museum in Orangeburg gets funding
About $250,000 is being allocated in state funding for the museum's operation expenses
Street Squad
SC State 1890 Ag Innovator Scholarship program preparing students for agriculture workforce
The goal of this scholarship is to help alleviate some of the financial burden and helping to set these students up for success in the workforce.
Black History
Historic Black community in Fort Motte
James Whitmore has been working to increase the visibility of Fort Motte, a historically Black community in Calhoun county.
5 Plus
72 Hours on Bloody Island: The 1917 East St. Louis Massacre
Countless savage attacks were unleashed during the bloodshed. That’s just a glimpse of what happened during one of the bloodiest race wars on this ground.
A Seat at the Table
Lasenta Lewis-Ellis constructs buildings while building community
Not all heroes wear capes, but in this case, they do wear hard hats.
Black History
Midlands Civil Rights activist Kevin Gray has died
In recent years he became a restauranteur opening Railroad BBQ in 2020. He was 65 years old.
Local News
PHOTOS: Judge Clifton Newman
Judge Clifton Newman has presided over a number of high profile trials in South Carolina, including Alex Murdaugh, Nathaniel Rowland and Michael Slager.
Street Squad
Historic Orangeburg church celebrating 150 years in the community
The church's legacy is rooted in the Civil Rights Movement. They're getting ready for a celebration of their 150th anniversary on March 12.
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