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While digging a trench for the renovation of a local performing arts center in 2013, construction workers in Charleston, South Carolina, made a startling discovery: human bones. The crew called the police and coroner’s office, unaware they had stumbled upon a late-18th-century burial ground. The site’s location—along with the coins, ceramics and beads that had …
Berlin, New Hampshire — Republican presidential candidate and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley declined to mention slavery as the cause of the Civil War during a campaign event Wednesday evening in Berlin, New Hampshire. “What was the cause of the United States Civil War?” a male attendee asked Haley during a town hall. The …
Activists on Thursday petitioned a French court to change the name of a neighbourhood and street in the seaside resort town of Biarritz over its racist connotations. Issued on: 07/12/2023 – 18:40 1 min One of the southwestern town’s districts has been officially called “The Negress” since 1861, while a road has been called “Negress …
Indigo’s impact on South Carolina’s past, present How indigo brings together South Carolina’s past and present 02:07 Charleston, South Carolina — Sheena Myers makes her indigo soap knowing nothing can scrub away South Carolina’s past. “There’s a whole history behind what I’m doing,” Myers told CBS News. “…It’s real deep.” Indigo dye’s beautiful color is shrouded …