An Evolving Timeline
Explore History By Era
Working alongside academic and community partners, we've gathered a selection of historical milestones that define important events in Charleston's history. It's our intention to continue adding relevant milestones to the timeline: the critical stories that continue to emerge and ask to be shared.
From the Pre-Colonial and Colonial era through the Civil War, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and Civil Rights to modern day Charleston, explore a selected and always growing timeline of events in which the enslaved and their descendants continue to profoundly influence and shape Charleston.