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Ranky Tanky: Live in Studio 360

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How a centuries-old musical tradition inspired the Billboard-topping jazz hits of Ranky Tanky.

Suspected shooter Dylann Roof sits in a police vehicle in Shelby, North Carolina, June 18, 2015. Roof, a 21-year-old with a criminal record, is accused of killing nine people at a Bible-study meeting in a historic African-American church in Charleston, So

Should we call Dylann Roof a terrorist?

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Slave Potter Dave

Arts, Culture & Media

South Carolina Elects Ex-Governor Mark Sanford to Congress

Cruise Ship Docks May Be Good for Business, but Some Charleston Residents Want Them Gone

Top of the Hour: Remembering the Civil War, Morning Headlines

Today marks the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, which began with the battle of Fort Sumter. At the heart of the conflict was the preservation of the Union and the abolition of slavery.

Remembering and Reenacting the Civil War Battle of Fort Sumter

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Tuesday is the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War. In anticipation of Tuesday’s anniversary, enthusiasts from around the country have spent several years and thousands of dollars planning a reenactment of the Battle of Fort Sumter.

The World

Charleston Remembers the War

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We know that the North and South remember the Civil War differently. Studio 360’s Kerrie Hillman traveled to where the shooting started – Charleston, South Carolina – to see how history lives on for people there.

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More from Adam Goodheart

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When the first shells exploded over Charleston’s Fort Sumter on the night of April 12, 1861, the news reached New York in a matter of hours. Journalist and historian Adam Goodheart describes the reaction of one New Yorker, a poet named Walt Whitman.

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Southern groups celebrate Civil War’s 150-year anniversary

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Celebrating the Civil War may not sound like a joyful party, and its far from politically correct. Yet some groups in the South are planning to mark the 150th anniversary of the Confederacy’s secession from the United States by doing exactly that.