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South Carolina Civil Rights Museum launches $4 million campaign to complete exhibits at new Railroad Corner facility opening in 2026.

For years, the lanes sat quiet. No crashing pins. No laughter drifting out of the student center. On Sunday, that changed, as South Carolina State University reopened Bulldog Lanes in […]

South Carolina State University will commemorate the 58th anniversary of the Orangeburg Massacre on Sunday, Feb. 8, beginning at 1 p.m. in the Martin Luther King Jr. Auditorium on campus. […]

Women’s golf and bowling are returning to South Carolina State University. On Thursday, the SC State University Board of Trustees unanimously approved restoring the women’s golf and bowling programs to […]

Claflin University confers degrees to 160+ graduates at Fall 2025 Commencement with keynote by Civil Rights photographer Cecil Williams.

CecilJ. Williams and other civil rights personalities joined Lanny Smith,founderof Actively Black,as featured guests oniHeartRadio’s The Breakfast Club with Charlamagne Tha God-one of America’s most influential radio hosts and a […]

The South Carolina Civil Rights Museum proudly announces that its founder and renowned civil rights photographer Cecil J. Williams joined Lanny Smith, founder of Actively Black, as featured guests on […]

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By Cecil J. Williams ORANGEBURG The future home of the South Carolina Civil Rights Museum is rising fast at Railroad Corner—and we’re officially over the halfway hump. With construction charging […]

The future home of the South Carolina Civil Rights Museum is rising fast at Railroad Corner—and we’re officially over the halfway hump. With construction charging ahead and the weather playing […]