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Our Story Matters tells the remarkable, little-known stories of the people who struggled for civil rights in South Carolina. Our host is Dr. Bobby Donaldson, University of South Carolina history professor and director of the Center for Civil Rights History and Research. The Center’s research has uncovered the stories of people whose battles changed their lives, our state, and the nation. Listen to them tell their stories in their own words.

For the last three decades Gary Younge has had a ringside seat during the biggest events and with the most significant personalities to impact the black diaspora: accompanying Nelson Mandela on his first election campaign, joining revellers on the southside of Chicago during Obama's victory, entering New Orleans days after hurricane Katrina or interviewing Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Maya Angelou and Stormzy. He has witnessed how much change is possible and the power of systems to thwart those aspirations.