Charleston South Carolina

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina social club’s decision to deny membership to a doctor who would have been its first black member has prompted several local groups to cut ties with it. Military veteran and doctor Melvin Brown was the only one denied membership to the Charleston Rifle Club in October, The Post […]

Tom and Sybil take a look back at the 2000 Charleston Sky Show where The SOS band performed in South Carolina. They were in town for the MOJA Art Festival & took a tour of Charleston. READ MORE STORIES ON BLACKAMERICAWEB.COM: SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER:  LIKE US ON FACEBOOK. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM

Two South Carolina men picked the wrong house to rob this week after a teenage boy defended his home, killing one of the two men trying to break in. Post and Courier reports: He killed one of them in an exchange of gunfire, and the second suspect was later arrested, according to the Charleston County Sheriff’s […]

A friend of the alleged Charleston church shooter was arrested Thursday, more than a month after authorities told him he was under federal investigation for lying to them and failing to report a crime, an official close to the probe said. Joey Meek, 21, was arrested Thursday, the official told The Associated Press, speaking only […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The white man accused of killing nine black churchgoers during a Bible study will face the death penalty, according to court documents filed Thursday. The documents said prosecutors would pursue the death penalty against Dylann Roof, 21, because more than two people were killed, and that others’ lives were put at […]

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A federal magistrate entered not guilty pleas on 33 federal charges, including for hate crimes, for a white man accused of gunning down nine parishioners at a black church in Charleston. During Friday’s hearing for 21-year-old Dylann Roof, his attorney told U.S. Magistrate Judge Bristow Marchant that his client wanted to […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The man accused of slaying nine black church members in Charleston will be indicted on a federal hate crime charge on Wednesday, according to an official close to the case. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the indictment hadn’t been publicly announced yet, told The Associated Press that a […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A white man charged with killing nine black parishioners at a Charleston church has been ordered to provide handwriting samples to investigators. Circuit Judge J.C. Nicholson on Friday directed 21-year-old Dylann Roof to provide the samples. Following Roof’s arrest the day after the June 17 shootings, several search warrants were executed […]

UPDATE: 11:40 AM EST Dylann Roof‘s manifesto has allegedly surfaced online. In the horrifying document, the 21-year-old discusses the moment his perspective on race relations…