As a federal judge, Waring understood that it was his job to protect the rights of all citizens. He soon discovered not everyone shared his colorblind interpretation of the law.

Contributor: Brian Hicks

Now that I have the attention of the public by sleeping in extant slave dwellings, it is time to wake up and deliver the message that the people who lived [...]

Contributor: Joseph McGill

Esau and Janie B. Jenkins left a legacy of faith, courage, and love of family and community.

Contributor: Elaine Jenkins

The Charleston Race Riot of 1919 showed black resistance to the racial violence of that time and provided the local civil rights movement with some of its first small victories.

Contributor: Damon L. Fordham

Dr. Lucy Hughes Brown (1863-1911) was the first African-American woman doctor licensed in the states of North and South Carolina.

Contributor: Ruth M. Miller

With the outlawing of importing enslaved Africans in 1808, the sale and brokering of domestic enslaved Africans emerged to feed the growing demand for labor fueling the region’s powerful economic [...]

Contributor: Margaret Seidler

We look forward to celebrating Freedom’s Eve with you just as our ancestors did on New Year’s Eve 1862. When a day that they had long dreamed of was about [...]

Contributor: Heather L. Hodges

In 1982, Mt. Pleasant resident Travis Ascue competed as the first African American athlete in the South Carolina Independent School Athletic Association.

Contributor: Tom O'Rourke

Robert Smalls was born in Beaufort, but first made history in Charleston! Arriving in 1851, at age 12, to work and have his wages sent back to his master, Smalls [...]

Contributor: Michael Boulware Moore