Documentary to Feature S.C. Family of Black Magicians During Jim Crow
SPARTANBURG — When conversations about perseverance during the oppressive Jim Crow Era arise, the topic of stage magic isn’t the first to come to mind. Despite laws that were in place at the time, many Black entertainers who came from the South traveled across the...
The Legacy of Jimmy Carter
In 2015, at the age of 90, former president Jimmy Carter released a statement saying that he had metastatic melanoma and that the cancer had spread to his brain. “It’s in the hands of God,” he calmly explained, “whom I worship.” News...
News From Around the South 2/20 to 2/27
SOUTH CAROLINA: State Weighs ‘Yankee Tax’ On Newcomer Driving Fees COLUMBIA, S.C. – Additional fees may be coming for incoming South Carolina residents who want to legally drive on their new home state’s roads. Droves of newcomers have made South...
War And The Constitution
Can the president fight any war he wishes? Can Congress fund any war it chooses? Are there constitutional and legal requirements that must first be met before war is waged? Can the United States legally attack an ally? These questions should be front and center in a...
British Sea Captain Drove Pirates From Beaufort Coast — His Reward Just Went Up For Auction
BEAUFORT — When an unnamed family from Manhattan presented a silver cup to Sotheby’s New York in December, John Ward knew the auction house had received something special. “The beauty and the importance of the cup as a piece of silver stands on its own,” said Ward,...Obiter Dicta
The Fourth Amendment protects all persons from warrantless government searches and seizures of their persons, houses, papers and effects. It Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: With location and design selected, SC’s Robert Smalls monument needs funding The monument is expected to cost between $1 million and $2 million for the cost of the Read More