Smithsonian Magazine6d
From the Antebellum South to the Civil Rights Movement, Black American Women Have Long Told Their Stories Through Quilts
In a new exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery, over 30 works showcase the significance of this ...
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Retired judge recognized for murder trial leans on civil rights legacy
Retired Judge Clifton Newman reflects on his family's legacy of fighting for civil rights while the nation faces uncertainty ...
The women who stood with Martin Luther King Jr. and sustained a movement for social change
Historian Vicki Crawford was one of the first scholars to focus on women’s roles in the civil rights movement. Her 1993 book, ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution5d
‘Spell Freedom’ celebrates unsung educators behind the Civil Rights Movement
When the Supreme Court announced the landmark ruling of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education in 1954, putting an end to state-sanctioned segregation of public schools, Septima Clark, the widowed ...
The Washington Post1mon
Thomas Gaither, who led ‘jail-no-bail’ civil rights activism, dies at 86
“because I think it ultimately was one of the signature protests of the entire civil rights movement.” Thomas Walter Gaither was born in Great Falls, South Carolina, on Nov. 12, 1938. His ...
Activists in South Carolina join nationwide economic blackout to protest DEI program cuts
Friday, a nationwide movement asked people to keep their hard earned money in their pockets for 24 hours also happened in ...
South Carolina remains plaintiff in lawsuit challenging disability civil rights
Citing his ongoing opposition to Biden-era "woke" gender ideology, SC's attorney general carries on with legal challenge to ...
65 years later, Greensboro sit-in pioneer Joseph McNeil reflects on historic civil rights protest
Joseph McNeil, one of the Greensboro Four, recalls the momentous sit-in that ignited a nationwide civil rights movement as he ...
How Actively Black Created a Meaningful Collab With Civil Rights Photographer Cecil Williams
The Los Angeles-based athleisure brand is donating proceeds from the collection to Williams’s museum. Cecil Williams in front ...
South Carolina AG backs away from lawsuit challenging disability civil rights
Triggered by the idea that gender dysmorphia is a protected disability, 17 states — including South Carolina — had challenged ...