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Tag: Civil Rights

Posted inOpinions

Our View: Teach more civics, civil rights history

by City Paper Editorial Board August 11, 2023August 10, 2023
Posted inFeatures

Inaugural education program brings Lowcountry students to living civil rights heroes

by Skyler Baldwin August 11, 2023August 11, 2023
Posted inUncategorized

Legal ‘heavyweight’ Crump representing Sutherland family, demands charges against deputies

by Skyler Baldwin October 19, 2021October 19, 2021
Posted inNews, News Briefs

Ahead of election, Martin Luther King III urges Charleston voters to speak out on environmental justice

by Skyler Baldwin February 24, 2020May 18, 2021
Posted inNews, News Briefs

Saturday’s Women’s March Rally for Electoral Justice focused on intersectionality, women in office

by Adam Manno January 20, 2018
Posted inArts+Movies, Culture Shock

Burke High School students create graphic novels with the help of Charleston County Public Libraries

by Samantha Connors January 17, 2018
Posted inNews, News Briefs

Dylann Roof calls former neo-Nazi a “traitor” in a letter from jail featured on 60 Minutes

by Adam Manno December 18, 2017
Posted inNews, News Briefs

Emotions run high, questions linger after sentencing of former police officer Michael Slager

by Adam Manno December 7, 2017
Posted inNews, News Briefs

Eyewitness who filmed Walter Scott’s shooting takes the stand at Michael Slager’s sentencing hearing

by Adam Manno December 4, 2017
Posted inArts+Movies, Culture Shock

John L. Dart Library celebrates 90 years with special event this Saturday

by Francesca Mathewes December 4, 2017

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