Columbia Elects First Black Mayor
Steve Benjamin, a Columbia attorney, was elected the South Carolina capital’s first black mayor this week.
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Black Trailblazer Freezes to Death
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COLUMBIA - When Juanita Goggins became the first black woman elected to the S.C. legislature in 1974, she was hailed as a trailblazer and twice visited the president at the White House.
Three decades later, she froze to death at age 75, a solitary figure living in a rented house four miles from the gleaming State House dome. Goggins, a lawmaker from Rock Hill whose achievements included key legislation on school funding, kindergarten and class size, suffered Read More
Charlotte Legend Fused the Law and Faith
Celebrate Charlotte living legend Dovey Johnson Roundtree, an A.M.E Zion minister, who conquered color barriers and fused ministry with her legal profession. She did all of this when women, especially black women, weren’t supposed to be attorneys. Learn about her amazing journey in faith and the law during the discussion “Justice Older Than the Law.” The evening includes a reception, reading and book signing with Katie McCabe,
Read MorePlay Examines Murder in Oxford
Mike Wiley’s play about a murder in Oxford not only exposed audiences to a little known piece of American history, but it revealed a local connection to the Oxford tragedy.
Charlotte attorney James Ferguson was a special assistant to the Oxford prosecutor in the 1970 case. “Blood Done Signed My Name” examines how the murder of Henry “Dickie” Marrow in 1970 nearly ripped the town of Oxford apart. (It is based on
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