Uncover the inspiring story of Robert Smalls, who escaped slavery via a daring sea mission and later became a significant political figure. Gavin Newsom Halts Ronald Reagan's Environmental Law ...

A group studying where to put South Carolina's first Statehouse monument to an individual African American has decided Robert Smalls' statue should be staring down a notorious white supremacist ...

The proposal approved unanimously Wednesday by the Robert Smalls Monument Commission now goes to the General Assembly while another group works to raise the millions of dollars needed for Smalls to ...

South Carolina Statue Honoring Black Hero Robert Smalls Will Stare Down a Segregationist COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A group studying where to put South Carolina’s first Statehouse monument to an ...

The proposal approved unanimously Wednesday by the Robert Smalls Monument Commission now goes to the General Assembly while another group works to raise the millions of dollars needed for Smalls ...

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This image from the Library of Congress Brady-Handy photograph collection shows a portrait of Robert Smalls created between 1870 and 1880. (Library of Congress via AP) ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A group studying where to put South Carolina’s first Statehouse monument to an individual African American has decided Robert ... to the General Assembly. Smalls would ...