Southern states

One woman residing in Florence, Alabama, had her efforts to rid the city's courthouse of a Confederate-inspired marble statue called Eternal Vigil refused with little to no fanfare.

  Stephen K. Benjamin made history as the first Black mayor of South Carolina and continues to break down many barriers in the growing state. “It’s a lot of love down here,” Benjamin says of his historic appointment. We’ve had a really good run.  But it’s political and public life in America so you’ve got […]