LGBTQ+ couples say an unclear future for LGBTQ+ rights in South Carolina has pushed them to get married early before Donald Trump's presidential inauguration.

At the State House, crowds gathered for the NAACP's annual King Day at the Dome, a celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and legacy.

University of South Carolina turned him away from its law school, Jacob Joseph Martin was honored at USC as a civil rights trailblazer.

A traveling African American history museum is making a stop in the Upstate.The Sankofa African American Museum on Wheels: A Journey Through History and Heritage is coming the University of South Carolina,

Monday’s event is an important tradition for Columbia residents, which honors the late civil rights leader. The event is hosted by the state’s NAACP chapter. It consists of a march to the South Carolina State House and a rally on the grounds.

The PIT count happens at the end of every January, across the country. With expanded questions and a growing focus on homelessness, cities like Rock Hill and Columbia want their data to yield new ways to combat an escalating problem.

President Joe Biden spent his final full day in office in South Carolina, urging Americans to “keep the faith in a better day to come” and reflecting on the influence of both the civil rights movement and the state itself in his political trajectory.

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Ruby Bridges, a civil rights activist, will be speaking in Spartanburg at the annual MLK Community Celebration.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas’ Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom have little in common ideologically, but the two have both been vocal supporters of an idea that’s been rapidly gaining bipartisan ground in the states: Students’ cellphones need to be banned during the school day.

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) took her anti-trans crusade to a committee hearing on Wednesday, badgering former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) with accusations he “hates our country” and wants “women and girls to undress in front of men in the locker room.”

Republicans accused Rep. Vicente Gonzalez of supporting gender transitions for children throughout the 2024 election cycle, which he said took a political toll.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025,” a bill that would ban transgender women and girls from participating in school sports.