A program launched by the South Carolina Department of Education, and piloted at an Upstate university, is expanding its reach throughout the nation to help train rising human rights leaders.

In his 30-year career, retired Col. Edward Young Jr. navigated segregation, witnessed history and helped reshape the Air ...

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Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis ... After earning his education, King returned to the South and moved to Montgomery, Alabama, to work as a pastor.

Nearly six decades after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. addressed a crowd at Great Neck South High School, his son took the same stage Thursday. Martin Luther King III, speaking to high school ...

GREENWOOD COUNTY, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. become a civil rights icon ... came right here through the Upstate of South Carolina,” Thomas said.

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The U.S. is marking Martin Luther King Day, the federal holiday set ... the birthday of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. South Carolina marks Confederate Memorial Day in May.

South Carolina was the final holdout until 2000. But, it was without the backing of the civil rights groups because it also allowed for a Confederate Memorial Day. Martin Luther King Jr. Day's ...