Orangeburg, SC man's own civil rights museum to get larger space
Channel: ABC News 4
Date: 27/02/2024

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (WCIV) — The state’s only civil rights museum is getting a new home. Ground is expected to be broken for the new Cecil Williams South Carolina Civil Rights Museum in April.

“The City and the County of Orangeburg stepped up to the plate, so that will be a reality,” Founder Cecil Williams said.

At the age of 81, Williams created the museum, along with his wife, and his sister, in 2019. At the time, South Carolina was the only Southern state without a civil rights museum, according to Williams. He said the state was not interested in starting such a museum.