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Democrat SC Sen. Mia McLeod launches 2022 campaign for governor

Democrat SC Sen. Mia McLeod launches 2022 campaign for governor
Maayan Schechter and Joseph Bustos, The State (Columbia, S.C.)
Jun. 3 COLUMBIA, S.C. South Carolina Sen. Mia McLeod, one of five women to serve in the state Legislature s upper chamber who over the past year used her platform to pounce on the governor s COVID-19 health protocols, announced Thursday she will run for governor in 2022.
The Richland County Democrat held a formal announcement Thursday at Columbia s Modjeska Monteith Simkins House, honoring the civil rights advocate who died in 1992. On Thursday, she released a roughly two-minute ad announcing her campaign.
This is Bennettsville, South Carolina. A place so neglected by so many for so long that some even call it the, corridor of shame. It s the place where I was born. It s the place that shaped me. And the truth is, all across South Carolina, we share similar stories. Stories of love, of faith, of defying the odds, McLe ....

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Richland County has more monuments to Black women than anywhere else, researcher says

Richland County has more monuments to Black women than anywhere else, researcher says
Bristow Marchant, The State (Columbia, S.C.)
Mar. 2 COLUMBIA, S.C. When you think about public monuments in the American South, you probably think of the Civil War, controversy around statues, and almost certainly of white men.
But Richland County has a different history that, while not hidden, is not as well known as the monuments you might be thinking of.
According to one researcher, the Midlands county has the most public memorials to Black women of any county in the United States.
Richland County has 17 monuments to Black women nine historical markers, three historic sites and at least five street names. ....

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