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Sunday, April 14, 2013  In 1947, nothing said America like baseball, apple pie, and segregation. That is, until Jack Roosevelt Robinson stepped up to the plate and knocked the leather off of some dusty white balls.

Friday, April 12, 2013  Getting a history lesson about Jackie Robinson. That’s what plenty will have the opportunity to do as "42" comes to a theatre near you. The movie hits close to home for South Carolinians. That’s because the main actor Chadwick Boseman who plays Jackie Robinson is from the Palmetto State.

Tuesday, January 01, 2013  For those of you who are warped enough to enjoy profanly intelligent banter during an intensly violent, border-line believable, uber-choreographed action sequence set to a funky 70's groove, then throw in a backdrop of Cival War meets Spaghetti Western, and you have Django Unchained.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012  The Army is replacing the first female commander of its prestigious drill sergeant school just days after it lifted her unexplained suspension.

Monday, February 27, 2012  WACH Fox celebrates Black History Month with a look at African American achievements across the Midlands. James McClain a Columbia resident, was just one of thousands of African-American men who took to the skies to change the course of inequality in the United States Air Force.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012  Racism and the role that race plays in the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community is the topic of a meeting in Charleston.

Friday, December 02, 2011  A black college student who drew complaints for displaying a Confederate flag in his dorm room window said he sees the banner as a symbol of Southern pride and not racism.

Friday, October 07, 2011  Police kill man believed to be California quarry shooter; friends say suspect felt mistreated

Friday, January 28, 2011  Rush Limbaugh's comments about Chinese language sparks backlash among Asian lawmakers

Wednesday, January 19, 2011  The suspicious backpack was spotted by three city employees about an hour before the parade was to start.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010  A recent nationwide Rasmussen survey shows 36 percent of voters think relations between blacks and whites are getting better.  But experts say the issue isn't so black and white.

Wednesday, August 04, 2010  Relatives say Thornton, 34, finally cracked after suffering racial harassment in a company where he said he was singled out for being black in a predominantly white work force.

Friday, July 23, 2010  Virginia Sen. Jim Webb called for ending government-run diversity programs in a newspaper column Friday, saying they have disadvantaged struggling whites and hurt the cause of racial harmony.

Thursday, July 22, 2010  President Barack Obama apologized Thursday to former federal official Shirley Sherrod over her ouster in the midst of a racially tinged firestorm that enveloped the White House.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010  Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says he will reconsider the department's decision to oust a black employee over racially tinged remarks after learning more about what she said.