U.S. Rep. James Clyburn was 12 years old when he was elected president of his local NAACP youth chapter. Years later, the Sumter native helped organize civil rights marches as a student leader at South Carolina State College in Orangeburg. After being jailed during one of those events in 1960, Clyburn met his wife, Emma, when she shared … Continue reading Independant Mail: For SC’s longest-serving U.S. Rep James Clyburn, fight against inequality continues