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News for the Carolinas
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Saturday, May 12, 2012
First Lady Michelle Obama says the example of the four North Carolina A&T State University students who started the sit-in movement for desegregation more than half a century ago shows what young people can do to change the world.
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
The NAACP's top officer is calling on South Carolina's first governor of color to bring down the Confederate flag that flies a stone's throw from her Statehouse office, calling the governor a "contradiction" for her lack of effort in bringing down the flag.
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Monday, July 04, 2011
The historical marker sits just off highway 90 in front of North Myrtle Beach Middle School. Former students of the all black school took part in Sunday's unveiling ceremony.
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Saturday, May 07, 2011
Forty college students are taking a bus trip through the South to retrace the route of the 1961 Freedom Rides to challenge segregation laws.
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Friday, February 11, 2011
For African-American soldiers across the world celebrating Black History Month, February is a special time to reflect on how it hasn't been very long since desegregation in the military ended in 1948. But for some, February is a month that means much more than that.
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Monday, July 12, 2010
The Rev. Jesse Jackson and three others who took part in a sit-in that led to desegregation of a South Carolina library have celebrated the 50th anniversary of the protest.
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Thursday, March 11, 2010
When Juanita Goggins became the first black woman elected to the South Carolina Legislature in 1974, she was hailed as a trailblazer.
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Monday, January 19, 2009
Local group from Florence heads to DC
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