The South Carolina Statehouse grounds bears monuments that tell the story not just of South Carolina history, but the context ...

Rep. Jim Clyburn’s book, The First Eight, tells of the first eight SC African-American congressmen and how they were forced ...

The Great Resistance, an expansive new book by author and historian Carrie Gibson, brings together often unheard narratives to tell the bigger picture of a difficult time ...

While I breathe, I hope. South Carolina’s motto, as always, hurls us headlong with joy and optimism into the New Year. My ...

Exactly 165 years ago today on Jan. 9, 1861, Mississippi seceded from the Union before later joining the Confederacy.

The sound of 117-year-old organ pipes flows along downtown Charleston streets each Sunday, marking the heartbeat of Mother ...

Abraham Lincoln demonstrated beyond a reasonable doubt that our Founding Fathers believed slavery was a moral wrong.

Jake told Newsweek of the responses to his post: "They also remind me that people have the capacity to change and to grow." ...

The 2026 SC African American History Calendar recognizes Black South Carolinians who helped American win its independence in ...

Just outside of Charleston's busy downtown is a picturesque district brimming with mossy oaks, local flavor, and a slower ...

In the slaveholding South, ancient Egypt and its pharaohs became a way to justify slavery. For abolitionists and African Americans, biblical Egypt served as a symbol of bondage and liberation.

After the Wednesday meeting of the city of Charleston’s history commission – the first since the sudden December appearance ...