$3,000,000 Donated to Scholarship Fund for Emanuel AME Church Community
The fund, set up by anonymous donors, is a college scholarship fund in the name of state Sen. the Rev. Clementa Pinckney.
University offers Charleston victim’s children full scholarships
Southern Wesleyan University has bestowed full tuition scholarships to the four daughters of DePayne Middleton-Doctor, one of the nine victims in the Charleston massacre.
Hundreds Attend First Funeral For Charleston Church Shooting Victims
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A choir and band launched into one of Ethel Lance’s favorite gospel tunes and roused hundreds of mourners from their...
Wal-Mart to remove any items on shelves or online that feature Confederate flag
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (AP) — For 15 years, South Carolina lawmakers refused to consider removing the Confederate flag from Statehouse grounds, insisting renewing the debate...
‘Southern Pride’ or Jim Crow’s Death Rattle? Everything You Need to Know About the Confederate Flag
Currently flying high over the state grounds in South Carolina, the Confederate flag has a long, controversial history.
‘We Stand United’
Thousands Walk Hand In Hand Across Ravenel Bridge To Show Support For Mother Emanuel Church
Gun Control Voices in Congress All but Silent After Charleston Shooting
WASHINGTON — After the fatal shootings at a landmark black church in Charleston, S.C., Senator Joe Manchin III, who sponsored gun safety legislation that failed...
Black America ‘suffering from racial battle fatigue’ after barrage of incidents
WASHINGTON (AP) — The weariness, the rage, the depressing conviction that black life is stuck in a murderous loop fueled by racism — these emotions...
Black Churches Have Always Been Targets of Domestic Terrorists
But like all the churches before it, South Carolina’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church will rise again.
Victims’ Families Meet Dylann Roof: ‘I Forgive You, And Have Mercy On Your Soul’
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Dylann Roof heard his charges — nine counts of murder — at his first court appearance in South Carolina on Friday afternoon.
Charleston Shooting Reignites Debate About Confederate Flag
On Thursday, hours after a white gunman killed nine people in a black church in Charleston, S.C., a Confederate flag continued to fly over the...
Dylann Roof Was Planning Charleston Shooting ‘For Six Months,’ Roommate Says
Dylann Roof’s roommate says the suspect was planning something big leading up to the alleged shooting at a South Carolina church Wednesday that left nine...
Jon Stewart opts against jokes, calls Charleston shooting ‘terrorist attack’
Comedian and Daily Show host Jon Stewart could not find anything to joke about in the opening to Thursday night’s show following the tragic shooting...
Why The Charleston Church Shooting Is An Act Of Terrorism
Why Recognizing The Charleston Church Shooting As An Act Of Racially Motivated Terrorism Is Only The First Step