South Carolina is one of 18 states that joined a Supreme Court brief supporting an executive order to end birthright ...

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson explains the history of birthright citizenship and who the 14th Amendment was ...

As the Supreme Court gathers arguments against President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship, South Carolina has picked a side. Attorney General Alan Wilson of South […] ...

The state Capitol stairs serve as a stark example of complicated work performed by a complicated man, who lived a remarkable ...

South Carolina, in 1875, Mary McCleod was the 15th of 17 children born to former slaves Sam and Patsy McLeod. She was the first of her siblings to be born into freedom. Early on, Mary would ...

slave. Born into bondage on a Chesterfield County, South Carolina, plantation in 1807, King was of mixed blood. He was tri-racial with white, Black and Catawba lineage − Catawba being the Native ...

New Civil War research armed with more data gives the fullest picture yet of not just the overall death toll but its disproportionate impact on the South, including Georgia.

Harriet Tubman’s role during the Civil War wasn’t limited to guiding escaped slaves to freedom in the north. She also guided U.S. troops on a raid of South Carolina slave camps that freed more ...

The persistence of efforts to control black people's movements is illustrated by contrasting early 19th century copper slave passes from South Carolina with late 20th century South African passbooks.

By exposing the sex trafficking that goes on everywhere, these filmmakers are advocates for the kind of change that can only ...