The death of Ruth Ann Butler sent shockwaves through the Upstate as political figures McMaster and White offer condolences to ...

WISN 12 News is celebrating Black History, highlighting important facts and figures each day of Black History Month.

The new Pauli Murray Center in Durham, North Carolina, preserves the legacy of a gender-nonconforming giant of the civil ...

The Friendship Nine changed the civil rights movement in 1961 by choosing prison rather than paying a fine for a sit-in at a ...

On Dec. 7, 2024, our Lord and Savior decided to call home the name of Tyrone Romero Robinson. His name is marked in the annals of Orangeburg, South Carolina history as being one of the first Black ...

By sitting down to lunch at a North Carolina department store, the brave men inspired many others to take part in nonviolent ...

This weekend, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will mark the 65 th Anniversary of the Woolworth Sit-Ins./ On February 1 st, 1960, four North Carolina A&T students started a ...

Auditions for the 2025 Asheville Community Talent Showcase (A.C.T.S.), a vibrant celebration of the rich talent from ...

"I'm a history major," said Barnes. "One of the times it really got to me was when I was looking through an old arrest report ...

When he and other Black protesters were arrested at a whites-only lunch counter in 1961, they tried a new strategy — ‘Jail No ...

1998 – A South Carolina jury awards the largest judgment ever against ... a report finding that most states fail at teaching students about the civil rights movement. 2011 – The public school district ...

led a peaceful movement to end segregation in the South and captured the imagination of the world, demonstrating how non-violent protests and a rhetoric of love and logic can defeat violence ...