Journalist discusses importance of acknowledging history, civil rights at Sumter County Museum event

Book tells the "stories of struggle" for Black South Carolinians through eyes of then rare female reporter

BY ALAYSHA MAPLE alaysha@theitem.com
Posted 9/21/22

As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. But some stories are unlike any other.

In the "Stories of Struggle" series written by South Carolina journalist and author Claudia Smith Brinson, the intimate, heartbreaking experiences …

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