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BRACK: Country shifting back toward center

BRACK: Country shifting back toward center

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher  |  The first referendum on Donald Trump’s presidency was in the 2018 midterm elections, which found him losing control of the U.S. House of Representatives.  The second will be Nov. 3 when voters decide whether to continue with lackluster leadership marked by rants, raves, scandals and corruption. 

by · 10/26/2020 · 1 comment · Andy Brack, Views
A “colored” entrance to a Mississippi theater, 1939.  Wikipedia

BRACK: Renew commitment to protecting civil rights of all Americans

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher  |  The forced segregation that stained the American South isn’t as far in the past as you may think.  

A century ago when your great grandparents were toddlers or were raising their own, lynchings were commonplace.  It wasn’t until after World War II that an American president, Harry Truman, ended segregation in the armed forces. 

by · 03/16/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views
3/16: Managing the epidemic; Civil rights; School closures

3/16: Managing the epidemic; Civil rights; School closures

IN THIS EDITION
TODAY’S FOCUS: Management of an epidemic requires surveillance monitoring
COMMENTARY, Brack: Renew commitment to protecting civil rights of all Americans
IN THE SPOTLIGHT:  Charleston RiverDogs
NEWS BRIEFS:  Schools across the state close to deal with coronavirus
FEEDBACK:  Send us a letter or two
MYSTERY PHOTO: White flower among azaleas
CALENDAR: Call first before you head out

by · 03/16/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue
BRACK: Beaufort to become national hub of Reconstruction history

BRACK: Beaufort to become national hub of Reconstruction history

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher  | Sandwiched between the Southern stains of slavery and oppressive Jim Crow laws were a few years of mostly forgotten history, the Reconstruction era.

In the months ahead, the Beaufort area is poised to become the nation’s hub for rediscovering and understanding the promise of Reconstruction to newly-freed slaves as they started to engage in America by voting, buying land and living in freedom.

by · 03/04/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views
FOCUS:   Charleston Forum to discuss racial issues June 16

FOCUS: Charleston Forum to discuss racial issues June 16

Staff reports | The Charleston Forum will host a public discussion June 16 to address racial issues in the context of economics and education; policing and criminal justice; the future of the past; and the Charleston experience.

“I am looking forward to participating in the Charleston Forum this summer. We must embrace these opportunities to come together and listen to one another,” Charleston Mayor John J. Tecklenburg said in a statement. “It is only by gaining an understanding of our different perspectives, backgrounds and experiences that we can create a united vision for a brighter future.”

Tickets are $10 and available online. The event will be from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Charleston Music Hall, 37 John St.

by · 05/08/2017 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news
BRACK: New statue of Hollings captures his spirit, leadership, energy

BRACK: New statue of Hollings captures his spirit, leadership, energy

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | Sculptor Rick Weaver captured the body language of Fritz Hollings just right in a new statue unveiled Monday as former colleagues heaped praises on the retired senator, now 95.

Three things stand out in the bronze figure – the warm, but determined, look on Hollings’ face; how his left hand is grasping a rolled-up document; and, most notably, an outstretched right hand, a familiar gesture to many of the senator’s former staffers and friends.

“I asked him what he felt was the quality he possessed that allowed him to succeed in his work,” Charlottesville, Va., sculptor Weaver said in the ceremony program. “He said very quickly, ‘My ability to make friends.’ So in subtle ways, I tried to show that – his hand gesture, him turning to face someone. I wanted to convey how actively engaged he was all his life.”

by · 04/18/2017 · 4 comments · Andy Brack, Views
Hollings speaks to media in this 2008 photo.

BRACK: In renaming courthouse, Hollings still teaching us

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | At age 93, Fritz Hollings is still teaching us.

On Friday as a weekend deluge of rain started, dignitaries from all over gathered at St. Michael’s Church at the Four Corners of Law to rename the federal courthouse annex across the street that was named in 1988 for Hollings.

The senator, who got money put in the federal budget to construct the judicial center, never really wanted it named for him. U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond, who had all sorts of things named for him by that time, apparently thought Hollings needed something named for him too.

by · 10/05/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views