The Daily Gamecock

Julia Moulton


A sign honoring the 1960 Civil Rights sit-ins in Columbia, South Carolina, sits at the corner of Pickens and Taylor streets on Dec. 3, 2024. The monument commemorates the protests led by students against segregation in Columbia.

Columbia clears records of seven civil rights activists

The criminal records of seven Columbia civil rights activists were cleared in an expungement ceremony on Oct. 25. The men were convicted after participating in sit-in protests in 1960. Those convictions were overturned by the United States Supreme Court in 1964.

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