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Tuesday, May 14, 2013  Minnesota Legislature passes same-sex marriage, governor to sign bill allowing Aug. 1 gay weddings

Wednesday, April 24, 2013  Parents could no longer buy a small plot to send their child to a certain school under a bill advanced by a House panel.

Friday, April 05, 2013  Columbia Urban League President and CEO J.T. McLawhorn was a college student in 1968; the year Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed in Memphis.

Thursday, March 21, 2013  A history scholar from North Carolina State University is the keynote speaker at a symposium in Columbia on the media and civil rights history.

Friday, March 01, 2013  Some living civil rights icons are sharing their stories with South Carolina high school students during a summit in Columbia. South Carolina Educational Television says its Civil Rights and Social Justice Youth Media Summit gets under way Friday.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013  Luther McIlwain, an aviator with the famed Tuskegee Airmen who broke military racial barriers during World War II, a retired New York City police officer, and a civil rights advocate in Massachusetts, has died. He was 91.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013  A South Carolina educator and civil rights leaders is being honored with a license plate. A ceremony is scheduled for the Statehouse on Tuesday to unveil the plate in honor of Mary McLeod Bethune.

Thursday, February 07, 2013  Harvey Gantt, the first black man to attend Clemson University, is the subject of a new documentary.

Thursday, January 24, 2013  The year 1963 saw major events take place in the Civil Rights Movement, and many of them happened right here in the Midlands. Fifty years later, the City of Columbia is remembering that pivotal period.

Monday, January 21, 2013  South Carolina civil rights leaders paused their celebration of Martin Luther King Day to watch President Barack Obama take the oath of office for his second term.

Friday, January 18, 2013  USC held a breakfast Friday morning at Williams-Brice Stadium commemorating the life and legacy of Dr. King.

Friday, January 18, 2013  Several events are honoring the life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on the University of South Carolina campus.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013  South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley says she thinks the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., would be proud of the progress South Carolina has made.

Monday, November 26, 2012  A Summerville woman has found a rare tape recording of Martin Luther King Jr. among the effects of her father who was a newspaper reporter.

Thursday, September 27, 2012  African American studies scholar Randal Jelks is scheduled to be on the University of South Carolina campus to speak on the influence of black churches in the civil rights movement.