Archives

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster helped break ground Thursday morning on a park to honor The Honorable Reverend Clementa C. Pinckney. Amazing Grace Park – The Clementa Pinckney Memorial [...]

As John Lewis is being laid to rest in Atlanta, GA today, he left us with some final thoughts. Click here to read the essay titled “Together, You Can Redeem the Soul of Our Nation”.  Well done, [...]

Prominent black entertainers as well as current and former athletes such as LeBron James, Trae Young, Skylar Diggins-Smith and Jalen Rose have come together to help fight systemic and racist [...]

With less than 100 days until the next national election, if you aren’t registered to vote, please go to www.scvotes.gov to register.  And it’s not too early to think about whether you want to [...]

White Fragility is a great book to help understand the depths of racism and its lasting impacts on generations. It also dives into why it’s important for black Americans to continue to be allies [...]

Perhaps you were wondering the same thing. There have been weeks of protests since the death of George Floyd, with protestors calling for racial justice and changes to policing. Federal [...]

Yesterday marked 5 years since Samuel “Sam” DuBose was just 43 years old when he was killed by a police officer. Mr. DuBose was from Cincinnati, Ohio and was a rapper, music producer and [...]

Below is a list of Charleston area COVID-19 testing sites for this week, part of Fetter Health Care’s plan to help fight the virus. These sites are in addition to the usual COVID-19 testing [...]

In a short span on 24 hours, we lost two giants who fought for social justice issues for all people. Rep. John Lewis and Rev. C.T. Vivian worked tirelessly and fearlessly for equal rights; [...]

Removing war memorials, confederate leader statues and flags has proven to be a difficult task in South Carolina due to a law passed in 2000 called the South Carolina Heritage Act, which calls [...]