Civil Rights in ColumbiaLiving relatives of Lexington lynching victim found. Can he now be exonerated?Old records on one family’s South Carolina connections could pave the way for reconsideration of Willie Leaphart’s 1890 Lexington lynching.Updated October 8, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Trump and McMaster pick for SC agriculture commissioner jumps into the raceFebruary 19, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Sporting goods store planned for Lexington site being developed by NFL starUpdated February 18, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Opportunity or ‘cash grab’? SC college’s 44-man basketball roster sparks debateUpdated February 18, 2026 at 10:32 PM
LocalLongtime Columbia civil rights leader and Confederate flag foe Lonnie Randolph diesUpdated October 22, 2024 at 8:09 AM
LocalSC councilman wears Confederate flag shirt to Black and Hispanic youth eventUpdated March 9, 2022 at 11:35 AM
EducationUSC to erect statues commemorating Black students who desegregated universityUpdated February 19, 2022 at 8:10 AM
LocalBishop known for speaking at royal wedding headlines USC forum on civil rightsOctober 30, 2021 at 2:48 PM
Civil Rights in ColumbiaFrom early drag shows to gay bars, Columbia’s LGBTQ+ history mapped in new SC projectUpdated October 23, 2021 at 1:15 PM
Civil Rights in ColumbiaAfrican-American history comes alive in the form of murals across ColumbiaUpdated October 15, 2021 at 10:13 AM
Civil Rights in ColumbiaThis new project tells the hidden story of Columbia’s overlooked LGBTQ historyUpdated June 28, 2021 at 5:40 PM
EducationCritical Race Theory is a culture war flashpoint. SC Teachers see that as an opportunityUpdated June 10, 2021 at 1:56 PM
Civil Rights in ColumbiaTheater where neo-Nazi groups met is on its way to becoming an education centerUpdated May 28, 2021 at 12:09 AM
Civil Rights in Columbia‘Moving toward the light’: Echo Theater to begin transformation of former Redneck ShopUpdated May 27, 2021 at 11:43 PM
EducationOfficer handcuffs SC elementary school girl. Police say she attacked students, staffUpdated May 21, 2021 at 3:47 PM
LocalWhat you don’t know about Columbia’s Reconstruction history. Tour shines a new lightApril 27, 2021 at 1:26 PM
Civil Rights in ColumbiaWhy USC is recording and preserving the stories of local Black Lives Matter activistsApril 23, 2021 at 2:18 PM
Civil Rights in Columbia1961 march on the SC State House recognized with markerUpdated March 3, 2021 at 11:41 PM
LocalRichland County has more monuments to Black women than anywhere else, researcher saysUpdated March 3, 2021 at 5:38 PM
EducationUSC takes the next step in renaming campus buildings named for racists, slave ownersFebruary 26, 2021 at 4:45 PM
Civil Rights in ColumbiaUSC students reboot NAACP chapter as energy increases around building controversyFebruary 20, 2021 at 5:00 AM
Local‘I had no idea it was there.’ Historic African American cemetery in Irmo renovatedFebruary 19, 2021 at 5:00 AM
Civil Rights in ColumbiaUSC students are giving their own name to a campus building named for a slave ownerFebruary 17, 2021 at 2:58 PM
EducationHere’s how USC will decide which buildings with racist past will be renamedUpdated February 16, 2021 at 11:06 AM
EducationDon’t expect USC’s buildings to be renamed this year. Here’s whyFebruary 11, 2021 at 1:17 PM
EducationStudents accuse USC of dragging its feet in renaming buildings named for racistsFebruary 8, 2021 at 11:38 AM
Civil Rights in Columbia$380K raised to change former KKK, neo-Nazi meeting place in SC into diversity centerUpdated January 20, 2021 at 3:26 PM
Politics & GovernmentKing’s legacies ring out through SC in virtual events, press releases and tweetsUpdated January 19, 2021 at 12:13 PM
