South Carolina's racial divide through decades of change
Jethro McCain recalls the 85 year old beating of his uncle by white men as part of South Carolina’s long race history. The piece traces Jim Crow, church burnings, flag debates, and ongoing disparities in education, health, and incarceration, with voices from McCain, Jim Clyburn, and Hilda Kenner.
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North Augusta
S.C
Jethro McCain
McCain
Augusta
Florida
Edgefield
South Carolina
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Ku Klux Klan
Columbia
Statehouse
U.S
Jim Clyburn
Clyburn
Charles Towne Landing
James Moore
St. Augustine
Fla
Moore
John Locke
Carolina
Hilda Kenner
Racial gaps in South Carolina's population and earnings
An overview shows SC's 4 million population with 67.1 percent white and 29.5 percent black. It notes disparities in income, education, incarceration, health, and juvenile outcomes, with sources from Census and state agencies.
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South Carolina
U.S. Census
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
South Carolina Central Cancer Registry
American Civil Liberties Union
Southern Poverty Law Center
South Carolina Department of Health,and Environmental Control
South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice
South Carolina Education Department
Metro Beat: Charlotte Area News Roundup
Metro Beat delivers quick Charlotte area updates from WSOC TV and The Associated Press. Read on for brief reports, local developments, and notable events shaping the city and region.
Pilot escapes injury after plane crash near Mint Hill Road
A WSOC-TV report says a plane crashed in a grove of trees on Mint Hill Road near Wilgrove in Charlotte. The pilot, not named in the story, was reported to be fine after the incident on Thursday.
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Mint Hill
Charlotte
Wsoc-Tv
Alice
Marle Road
Wilgrove
Two Dead In Nightclub Shooting In North Charlotte
A Friday early morning shooting at Fancy Cat Nightclub on Wellingford Street left two men dead. Police found a bullet riddled red Jeep and a victim in the road. both men died at the hospital. No suspects are released.
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Charlotte
Wellingford Street
North
Wsoc-Tv
Iredell teachers protest by wearing black
Iredell County teachers wore black Friday to protest the Iredell Statesville school district budget crisis. The school board must cut 3 million dollars due to last year’s money mismanagement, and teachers oppose the pay cuts per a WSOC TV report.
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Iredell
Iredell County
Iredell- Statesville
Wsoc-Tv
Fugitive Shot During Warrant Attempt in South Carolina
York County deputies attempting to serve a warrant say a man raised a gun at them and was shot several times. He is in critical condition. The gun was later found to be unloaded. The incident is under investigation by SLED.
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South Carolina
York County
Wsoc-Tv
SLED
Jury rejects racial claim against Harris Teeter
A Charlotte jury ruled for Harris Teeter in a lawsuit filed by Jans Edmond a former EEOC race bias investigator who alleged she was unlawfully detained as a shoplifting suspect at the Arboretum store on March 4 1999. Jurors found Edmond failed to prove intentional discrimination or unlawful detention by store managers.
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Harris- Teeter
Jans Edmond
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Harris-Teeter
Arboretum
Charlotte
Edmond
Bennett Street Closure and I-77 North Repaving Notice
Bennett Street will close between Tryon Street and Fitzgerald Avenue for two weeks. Motorists should detour via Lambeth Drive. I-77 North will close one of two lanes from mile 54 to 58 north of Statesville from sunrise to sunset for repaving. Use US 21 from Statesville to NC 901 North or take I-40 East to NC 901 North.
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Bennett Street
Tryon Street
Fitzgerald Avenue
Lambeth Drive
Statesville
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University of Charleston
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Cagters
Microsoft
Belmont
NC Center For Applied Textile Technology
Cisco Network
Lisar
Nhcharlotte.com
Newhorizons.com
Clippard's
Tire & Auto Express
Beatty Drive
Metro Beat
Charlotte Area
The
Associ
Fancy Cat
Harrie-Teeter
Great Food & Service
UNION
New Hope Road
Gastonia
Jonrox.com
Stowe
Southeastern
Management, Inc
Roger G. Self
Robert B. Stacy
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