A monument to honor Civil Rights pioneer, war hero and politician Robert Smalls is set to be erected on the SC State House grounds.

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson Sr. was honored Monday in the state where he grew up under segregation with a hero’s memorial, his flag-draped casket under the Capitol’s ...

Editor's Note: This story has been updated to exclude mention of public funeral service remarks to be made by Gov. Henry McMaster. The Governor's office says it has not confirmed that Gov. McMaster ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Back in 1960, the story goes, a teenaged Jesse Jackson entered the whites-only branch of his hometown library with seven comrades-in-arms who’d be christened the Greenville Eight ...

March 2 (UPI) --Civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson will lie in state Monday at the South Carolina state capitol building. Jackson's body will lie in state in the state's Capitol Rotunda in ...