This guy really sums up the modern Republican Party. The Aiken County Sheriff’s Office charged Rep. Chris Corley (R) with first-degree domestic violence and pointing and presenting a firearm for.
On November 7, 1861, the U.S. Army occupied the South Carolina sea islands. Suddenly having to deal with the existence of thousands of slaves with no masters, the military engaged.
Ku Klux Klan rally, South Carolina, 1951 Heather Cox Richardson places the Charleston shooting in its proper historical context: Congress stood against Klan terrorism with an 1871 law making their.
I just finished reading Steven Kantrowitz's book from 2000, Ben Tillman and the Reconstruction of White Supremacy. Tillman, the South Carolina politician who became nationally famous for his public defense.
Stand Your Ground laws are horrible by themselves. But the idea that these laws are meant to allow citizens to defend themselves is laughable. The laws' real meaning is to.
Say what you will about modern conservatives, but sometimes they are at least unintentionally honest. I’ll say this about South Carolina’s historic education reform: It’s bold. https://t.co/mtqJI7UOq1 pic.twitter.com/IEoTjuAnav— Neetzan Zimmerman.
2010 broke new ground in Confederate nostalgia arguments--defining Denmark Vesey as a terrorist. Global War on Terror indeed. But there's now a Vesey statue up in Charleston, honoring the man.
On July 2, 1822, Denmark Vesey, a free African-American living in Charleston, South Carolina, was executed for his role in leading a purported slave rebellion. This event marked a significant.
