Plotted in 1851, Calhoun Square was named for John C. Calhoun, a prominent politician from neighboring South Carolina, who before his death in 1850 spent decades in Washington serving in Congress ...

The Mayor of Savannah says the city council will vote later this month to remove the name of former slave owner John C. Calhoun from a downtown square. A coalition has actually been heading the effort ...

John C. Calhoun, are suing the City of Charleston over his statue being removed from Marion Square in downtown Charleston last summer. Some state lawmakers are backing the lawsuit and are ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Descendants of John C. Calhoun — a former United States Vice President and controversial figure known for fervently defending the institution of slavery — have ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Descendants of John C. Calhoun have filed a lawsuit against the City of Charleston claiming it violated the trust agreement made when the monument was given to the city.

Calhoun. “This is a brazen challenge to our federal structure,” she writes of the Texas law. “It echoes the philosophy of John C. Calhoun, a virulent defender of the slaveholding South who ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A Los Angeles visual arts space wants to display a South Carolina statue of former vice president and slavery advocate John C. Calhoun as part of an art exhibit, but ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The fate of the John C. Calhoun statue is being discussed by Charleston city leaders Wednesday. The statue was removed from Marion Square in June 2020 after the community ...

Two men have been injured in separate shooting incidents that occurred in the area of John C. Calhoun Drive near the intersection with Stonewall Jackson Boulevard. A Branchville man was shot near ...

In a room connected to Charleston City Council chambers, a life-size portrait of John C. Calhoun, left, looks at a bust of his own likeness. The portrait, which was commissioned by the city in ...