Community Questions Force Used In Florence County Arrest
Florence Co. Sheriff Kenney Boone has released a statement into an incident this week in Florence where several people accused a deputy of using...
Dr. Jennifer Clyburn-Reed Says She Chose ‘People Over Politics’
By Stacy M. Brown
Jennifer Clyburn-Reed might someday consider a run for office, but right now, she said she’s on a fact-finding mission to determine...
Williams and Others Call For Citizen Review Committee For Local Law Enforcement
This week I am writing after having seen a video of law enforcement taking a man into custody by what appeared on the video...
Harry Belafonte: Trump Is Standing in Our Way
Four years ago, when Donald Trump first ran for president, he urged Black people to support him, asking us, "What have you got to...
Should We Go Into Our Churches Or Is Church Like God A Please In...
This week we attempt to speak to some of the questions we've gotten from people that we feel warrant a response. First, we want...
The City of Florence held the unveiling of the William Henry Johnson statue
William H. Johnson was an African-American artist best known for his paintings and prints of landscapes and portraits that depicted the experience of African...
SC Black School Board Shuts Down Governor’s Reopening
By Stacy M. Brown
Gov. Henry McMaster has urged schools to reopen five days a week, but his demand faces lots of pushback.
Among those seeking...
International Gullah Geechee And African Diaspora Conference
CCU’s Charles Joyner Institute for Gullah and African Diaspora Studies, an international conference themed “Tracing the African Diaspora: Places of Suffering, Resilience and Reinvention.”
For...
Florence NAACP Questions Recent Actions By Florence School District One Regarding Workers With COVID-19
The Florence Branch of the NAACP has received several reports/ complaints from employees of Florence 1 Schools about horrific violations of the Federal and...
