Thomas Gaither, who led ‘jail-no-bail’ civil rights activism, dies at 86
The Friendship Nine changed the civil rights movement in 1961 by choosing prison rather than paying a fine for a sit-in at a ...
Black History Month: Greenville historian, civil rights leader remembered for life's work
The death of Ruth Ann Butler sent shockwaves through the Upstate as political figures Jackson, McMaster and White offer ...
SC civil rights trailblazer honored by USC 75 years after law school admission denied (copy)
University of South Carolina turned him away from its law school, Jacob Joseph Martin was honored at USC as a civil rights trailblazer.
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South Carolina schools’ race, gender rules face civil rights lawsuit
The South Carolina Department of Education faces a civil rights lawsuit challenging its restrictions on how race and sex are taught in the state’s K-12 schools. South Carolina Budget Proviso 1. ...
‘It handcuffs the minds of our children’: Civil Rights lawsuit challenges SC curriculum restrictions
The State Superintendent of Education Ellen Weaver and two Midlands school districts are at the forefront of a Civil Rights ...
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Local civil rights activist remembered in Greenville
Deputies report finding a Crown Royal bag in an apartment filled with drugs in a vacuum sealed bag and a gun. The Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office said a man has been arrested after ...
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No, John Roberts, You Are Not a Civil Rights Hero
Waties Waring Judicial Center in Charleston, South Carolina. The picture is part ... this traumatic response to the heroism of the Civil Rights Movement and the work of civil rights lawyers ...
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Two pioneers of the Civil Rights Movement, Charles Person and Thomas Gaither
For Charles Person and Thomas Gaither, 1961 was an eventful year in their young lives. Person was 18 and became the youngest of the original Freedom Riders, and Gaither was 22 when he introduced the ...