Words of Hope Against Workplace Discrimination at Mt Anna Church
Bari-Ellen Roberts spoke at a Martin Luther King Day luncheon warning of workplace discrimination and urging African American employees involved in a 1997 class action against Westinghouse Savannah River Company to stand firm. She, author of Roberts v Texaco, cited her $176 million victory and urged action, denouncing denial, apathy, and fear while urging control of identities and neighborhoods. She noted media stereotypes and highlighted the defense fund backing the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Anna Missionary Baptist Church
Bari-Ellen Roberts
Ms. Roberts
Westinghouse Savannah River Company
Department of Energy
The
Assembly
Ginny Southwort
Texaco
Mately
New discoveries enrich Rivers Bridge Civil War battlefield history
South Carolina State Park Service researchers uncover sketches maps and photos at Rivers Bridge State Historic Site in Bamberg County detailing the February 23 1865 battle. Eye witness Harper’s Weekly sketch and National Archives maps illuminate Confederate positions and battlefield features while wartime portraits and survivor stories highlight the human cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salkehatchie River
National Archives
Fred Stovall
Rivers Bridge
Henry H. Markham
2Nd
Wisconsin Infantry
Cherry
Washington, D.C
South Carolina State Park Service
Rivers Bridge State Historic Site
The
Park Service
Plan to Expand Aiken Industrial and Urban Development
The plan outlines three themes: develop industrial partnerships with landowners outside parks, pursue funding for an instrument landing system at Aiken Municipal Airport, and annex Ventures Aviation business parks. Short-term aims include expanding the Community Charter program, arts festival growth, Senior Olympics, affordable transit, and neighborhood revitalization. Long-term goals focus on housing, downtown master plan, parkway improvements, street renewals, traffic flow, parking, and sustainability initiatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken Municipal
University Parkway
Annex Ventures
Aiken Municipal Airport
Family City
Aiken
Augusta Regional
Aiken-Augusta Parkway
Aiken Regional Medical Centers
Michael Graham a partisan figure in Clinton era politics
An extended portrait of Michael Graham, Charleston gadfly and radio host, detailing his role in past campaigns for secretary of state Jim Miles, his media career, forthcoming books, and provocative persona. The piece notes his clashes with Democrats, plans to host a nationwide radio show during inauguration week, and ongoing political theater including comments about South Carolina Governor Hodges and state politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Military History Institute
Markham
Beaufort
California
Pvt
Edgar W. Cherry
Michael Graham
Jim Miles
Michael
Jim
Miles
John Campbell
Graham
Campbell
AARP
Beach Boys
Secretary of State
Charleston
Mike
Clinton
Warner
Washington
George W. Ina
Guration
al Sharpton
Florida
San Diego
New York
Politically Incorrect
Bill Maher
SPCA
Jacks
Governor's Mansion
Larry Flynt
Governor's House
Hixon
Sharpe
Cheate
Peto
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Martin Luther King
By Adam Burton
S.C
William Tecumseh Sherman
Harper's Weekly
Library of Congress
Harper's
Oor
al Affordable
Edisto
Valley Road
Nplete Downtown Master
Toole Hill
Eustis Park
Gyles Park
Union Street
Kershaw Street
Richland Avenue
York Street
Town
Morgan Street
Park Avenue
Farmer's Market
Aiken Estates
Kalmia Hill
Rich
Green City
Hitchcock Woods
Stands Gardens
Tande
Hopelands
Hitchcock Parkway
Silver Bluff Road
Woodside Plantation
Bobby Jones
Augusta
Columbia
General Assembly
Carl
Langley
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