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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.

Friday, February 01, 2013  The University of South Carolina kicked off its Black History Month activities Friday with an on-campus observance.

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.

Monday, January 21, 2013  President Barack Obama promised to uphold the Constitution in a public swearing in ceremony that signals the beginning of his second term in office.

Friday, December 21, 2012  A 13 year old protest in South Carolina will focus on mental health next month at the Statehouse.

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.

Monday, March 19, 2012  The St. Patrick's Day festival in Five Points Saturday drew a record crowd this year.

Friday, January 20, 2012  The Army's largest training installation is holding a celebration of the work of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Slated to speak at the ceremony Friday is Pamela Wilson, the first female president of Columbia's Allen University, a historically black college.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012  Reverend Jesse Jackson stopping by the WACH Fox studios for Good Day Columbia Tuesday before speaking at Benedict College. He says thanks to the vision of Dr. Martin Luther King Junior, major companies like Boeing and Michelin can set up shop across the Palmetto State.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012  Chick-Fil-A in Five Points holds Spirit Day to help fund a scholarship program created in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Junior.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012  This weekend the United States National Parks will offer free admission to all 397 locations in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Friday, January 06, 2012  City officials have announced several events to celebrate the memory of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Tuesday, June 28, 2011  Columbia City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to enforce an emergency curfew for Five Points after last week's brutal beating of a teen in Columbia's entertainment district.  The ordinance begins immediately and more officers will be on patrol to enforce it.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011  Former U.N. ambassador and Atlanta mayor Andrew Young spoke Tuesday at the Benjamin E. Mays Historic Preservation Site at Mays' childhood home in the Epworth community. Young said that without Mays, there would be no Martin Luther King Jr. and no Andrew Young.