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75 years later, Willie Earle’s lynching still looms large in Greenville’s painful past

  • John Jeter
  • February 1, 2022
Reminders of the nation’s largest lynching trial still loom over downtown Greenville.
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TD Bank op-ed: Working together for a more equitable tomorrow

  • Guest Contributor
  • February 1, 2022
Without understanding the past, we cannot build a better future.
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Rockin’ the joint with Esquerita, Greenville’s flamboyant, forgotten rock pioneer

  • Vincent Harris
  • February 25, 2021
Way back in the 1950s, a flamboyant, gay African American piano-pounding daredevil came screaming out of the South.
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‘A conveyer of hope’: Cameron McDowell and the Eastside Family YMCA are more than just a gym and a pool

  • Evan Peter Smith
  • February 25, 2021
“One day you’re a counselor, the next day you’re a motivator, the next day you’re trying to inspire our youth, and the next day you’re working with conflict resolution,” Cameron McDowell said.
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Community canvas: Joey Withinarts brings his painting to the people — and the people to his paintings

  • Vincent Harris
  • February 25, 2021
Joey Withinarts comes from an artistic family, and he learned by watching.
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Greenville’s lunch counter sit-ins helped lead to integration

  • John Nolan
  • February 19, 2021
While Woolworth’s lunches were an integral part of many Greenvillians' daily lives, what ultimately made the restaurant important in our city’s history is the role it played during the crucial time of the civil rights movement of the 1960s.
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New to painting, Allison Ford takes a vibrant approach to family history

  • Vincent Harris
  • February 18, 2021
“Having the freedom to go where I want to creatively is so relaxing to me." - Allison Ford
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Black History Month this year marks time to act

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  • February 18, 2021
This month gives us the moment to pause, share, celebrate and understand black heritage and culture.
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‘Remembering Willie Earle’ producers commemorate 74th anniversary of lynching with virtual panel

  • Jessica Mullen
  • February 15, 2021
The virtual panel focused on the film’s unique perspective of the events which happened in the Upstate 74 years ago this week.
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Peter Moseley brought Coca-Cola to Greenville, delivered by horse and wagon

  • John Nolan
  • February 11, 2021
For an African American born a decade after emancipation, freedom was in place, but life continued to be difficult.
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Upstate-born Rev. Gary Davis sang of ‘Pure Religion and Bad Company’

  • Vincent Harris
  • February 11, 2021
The Rev. Gary Davis is a revered legend of blues, folk and gospel music, a man from right here in the Upstate who shaped generations of guitarists and singers.
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Rhonda Rawlings spreads message of positivity and joy

  • Anna Lee
  • February 11, 2021
Both her dreams came true after Rhonda Rawlings moved to the Upstate over a decade ago.
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‘Speaking into existence’: Poet Moody Black expresses the range of human experience and emotion

  • Vincent Harris
  • February 4, 2021
Either as an MC or a spoken-word performer, Moody Black is mesmerizing; he can thunder through a verse with swagger and then retreat into himself,
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TD Bank op-ed-provided: Black History Month hits different in 2021

  • Guest Contributor
  • February 4, 2021
With the weight of an unprecedented year on our collective shoulders, this February is not just another Black History Month.
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Xanthene Norris: She never said ‘no’

  • Anna Lee
  • February 28, 2020
Now serving her fifth and last term on Greenville County Council, Xanthene Norris has taught generations of students as a French teacher at Sterling High School and then as a guidance counselor at Greenville High.

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