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  • Published: March 13th, 2013
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Stay tuned for our new website offering more community news, photos from the best Lowcountry events and video interviews.

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Anthony Hamilton Covers the New Issue

  • Published: August 7th, 2012
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Pick up the new issue of Living Roots featuring Grammy award winner, Anthony Hamilton. Hamilton gets personal with LR dicussing his career, family and the importance of loving and being loved. Check your local Piggly Wiggly or Barnes & Noble to get your copy.

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MUSC’s Hollings Center awarded $1.8 million grant for Blacks with lung cancer

  • Published: June 21st, 2012
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African Americans in South Carolina with early stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are significantly less likely than Caucasians to receive surgical treatment for their disease, thus significantly reducing chances of survival. This reflects a national trend that the Hollings Cancer Center at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)


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SC State University Receives $50,000 from Coke

  • Published: June 12th, 2012
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Orangeburg, S.C. – The Coca-Cola Foundation — the global philanthropic arm of The Coca-Cola Company — awarded $26 million in grants to 85 community organizations during the first quarter, and SC State University was one of those organizations. SC State University has received the $50,000, Coca-Cola First Generation Scholarship, which


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Black-Owned Bed &Breakfasts

  • Published: February 7th, 2012
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There was a time when blacks were prohibited from lodging in hotels. Instead, we stayed in the homes of local residents, who provided a safe, clean room and board. Fast forward a few decades, and black-owned bed and breakfasts are still providing a home away from home.

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African-Americans and Depression

  • Published: February 7th, 2012
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The holiday season often brings bouts of depression. Many people both past and present have battled depression, from Halle Berry and Ken Griffey Jr., to King Saul and the Apostle Paul. Once identified, it can almost always be successfully treated. Unfortunately, misdiagnosis and undertreatment are common in the African-American community.

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Kissy J Dolls

  • Published: February 7th, 2012
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Caseline Jenkins is an Awendaw native who grew up loving fashion and design. A self-taught artist, she pulled out a sewing machine and made her first dress at a friend’s pleading. From the simple design of yellow bridesmaid dresses came the inspiration to make custom beaded wedding gowns and accessories.

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WordSoundPower: A Black Music Column by Jack McCray

  • Published: February 7th, 2012
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It feels great to jump on board Living Roots magazine, a journalistic freedom train that left the station and seems bound for glory – as in glorious: rich, lustrous and enlightening.

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Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor: Culinary Griot

  • Published: February 6th, 2012
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On the night of April 4, 1938, Clara Smart of Bo Peep Crossroads,  in Hampton County, S.C., gave birth to twins – a boy and a girl. The midwife  emerged from the birthing room to inform the father, Frank Smart, and the maternal grandmother, Sula Ritter, of the condition of the

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Kids and Money: Making Dollars Make Sense

  • Published: February 6th, 2012
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With the U.S. financial system foundering and the job market growing bleaker by the minute, many of today’s parents are struggling just to stay afloat. They must deal with issues concerning mortgages, foreclosures, unemployment and retirement – and teaching their kids healthy money management skills, an intimidating task at best.

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