We are fighting against legislation would strip away rights guaranteed under the South Carolina and U.S. Constitutions, and legalize discrimination against selected groups of South Carolinians.

We filed a lawsuit challenging the South Carolina Court Administration’s categorical ban on automated data collection – known as “scraping” – on the Public Index, arguing the ban is an unreasonable restriction on SC NAACP’s right to access and record public court records under the First Amendment.

On Tuesday, March 1, 2022, the House will hold a hearing on House Bills 4325, 4343, 4392, 4605, 4799. The five bills are known as “anti-truth bills” because they would restrict what teachers can say and teach in their classrooms. 

a district court order allowing mask mandates in schools to ensure students with disabilities have access to public school education, remains in effect in specific school districts and against the State Superintendent of Education.