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A monument to Confederate soldiers is seen outside the South Carolina Statehouse on Tuesday, April 14, 2026, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

South Carolina Senate protects nearly all monuments and bans adding QR codes to statues

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A statue of &quot;Pitchfork&quot; Ben Tillman is seen outside the South Carolina Statehouse on Tuesday, June 16, 2020, in Columbia, South Carolina. Tillman, who was white, led a race riot that killed four black men in 1876. Some activists want his statue removed and Clemson University wants to remove his name from a main campus building. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

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Clemson drops pro-slavery Calhoun’s name from honors program

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