WWII veteran McCown to be buried in South Carolina
Maj. Marion Ryan McCown Jr. a Marine aviator missing since 1944 will be laid to rest in Charleston after a memorial at the Unitarian Church. The Marines Corps will honor him with a full burial and F-18 flyover, and family members including his nephew John Almeida will attend the service.
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Civil rights film festival at Avery Research Center
In Charleston the Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston held a civil rights film festival for Martin Luther King Day and Obama's inauguration. Seven films showcased the South Carolina movement, including I Am Somebody about the 1969 Charleston hospital strike by Black women workers and the coalition that secured better conditions and pay.
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Gullah Marsh Tackies Race Set for Hilton Head Beach
The first Gullah Celebration Marsh Tacky Run is planned for February 22 at Mitchellville Beach on Hilton Head Island, reviving a 40 year old beach race tradition. Organizers aim to boost the endangered marsh tacky breed from about 150 to 1000 through preservation efforts by the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy and local groups.
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James Mitchell Jr
Native Island Business and Community Affairs Association
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Mitchell
Jeanette Beranger
Beranger’s Conservancy
Carolinas
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