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Readers of All Ages Invited to Take Part in Summer Programs That Include Prizes, Games, Hundreds of Free Events
By Damion Smalls John L. Dart Library Branch manager K’Lani Green is leading the call for inform the community that Charleston County Public Library is collaborating with the Charleston County School District to host their Summer Reading Programs for young children, teens and adults. Registration opened May 1 and the program runs from June 1…
Read MoreDespite Skepticism and Uncertainty Charleston Public Housing Will Change
By Barney Blakeney Charleston Housing Authority officials for the past several months have been meeting with tenants to inform them about restructuring that will change public housing as we know it. CHA General Counsel Melissa Maddox-Evans said the authority has adopted a program that allows public/private partnerships to invest in its properties as federal funding for…
Read MoreWalker Wins Election at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Mighty Sixth District
Staff Reports – One of Charleston’s own is a step away from the mantle of leadership of the Mighty Sixth District of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Kurt Walker fended off two opponents and battled through a run-off election to secure the position of First Vice District Representative. Walker, who previously held the District…
Read MoreWillis/Scott Gubernatorial Team Breaking New Ground In the Dirty South
By Barney Blakeney A contingent of South Carolina’s National Newspaper Publishers Association members April 27 met with Democratic Primary election gubernatorial candidate Marguerite Willis and running mate Columbia Sen. John Scott to hear their agenda if elected to the state’s highest political offices. The pair has broken new ground in the state’s first gubernatorial election…
Read MoreUltimately Voters Control Our Prisons, Says Kimpson
By Barney Blakeney The April 15 fight among inmates at Lee Correctional Institution that left seven dead and about two dozen injured for some offers a grim testimony to a reality of violence that apparently knows no bounds. Deadly violence in local communities is unprecedented. The violence doesn’t stop when convicted offenders go to prison.…
Read MoreBlack Creatives Share Knowledge and Words of Encouragement at Second Annual “Falling In Love With Your Passion”
By Typhani Gray On April 21, a local nonprofit organization within the black community, The Conqueror Movement, hosted their second annual networking experience, “Falling in Love With your Passion”. The Falling in Love with Your Passion event stands as a division of The Conqueror Movement for a space where millennial creatives can influence and inspire…
Read MoreSumter And Williamsburg Schools: A Tale Of Two School Districts
By Barney Blakeney Things may or may not be getting better for schools in South Carolina’s infamous ‘Corridor of Shame’ since the state’s Supreme Court last December relinquished oversight of the approximately 24-year legal struggle to insure quality education to the predominantly Black students of its 36 school districts. In recent weeks Sumter County School…
Read MoreFor Frankie ‘The Big Bopper’ The Beat Goes On
By Barney Blakeney Charleston disc jockey and radio personality, the legendary Frankie ‘The Big Bopper’ Green, died April 18. He was 66. Green, a product of the Charleston peninsula’s Eastside neighborhood, parlayed a love for music and drumming into an unparalleled musical career that propelled him into local superstardom. Over the span of Green’s more…
Read MoreAward Winning Author Kwame Alexander Returns To Charleston To Promote Latest Novel
By Damion Smalls Kwame Alexander stopped by the Lowcountry Wednesday, April 18 as he made several appearances throughout the day to promote his latest book, Rebound, which was released earlier this month. Alexander, who headlined Black Ink: A Charleston African American Book Festival in 2017, is a Newberry Medal winner, New York Times bestseller and the…
Read MoreCharleston Fire Chief’s Hottest Battle May Be Finding Black Firefighters
By Barney Blakeney When Charleston’s new fire chief, Daniel Curia, takes office July 30 Mayor John Tecklenburg says he will take over one of the nation’s most elite fire fighting forces. That elite force exists in a city defined by African American culture, a city until two decades ago was predominantly Black. But today, only…
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