The Avery Research Center celebrates 160 years as a community hub and educational institute for Black people in South ...

Basil Watson, a Jamaican-born sculptor, is creating the statue of Smalls. The likeness of Robert Smalls, the escaped slave turned South Carolina lawmaker, will be remembered as the first African ...

Introduction : mapping the Mississippian shatter zone / Robbie Ethridge -- Events as seen from the north : the Iroquois and colonial slavery / William A. Fox -- From refugees to slave traders : the ...

Have you ever wondered what life was like for the wealthy families who shaped South Carolina's history? Walking through grand historic mansions gives you a peek into their fascinating world of elegant ...

In South Carolina, $5.3 million from the state is going to an expansion of the museum at Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park on Hilton Head Island. Earlier this year, Florida lawmakers approved $1 ...

Republican-led states fund Black history museums for tourism—even as Trump attacks them as “woke.” Is it strategy or hypocrisy?

“Until the pictures of the slave’s sufferings were drawn up and held up to public gaze, no Northerner had any idea of the cruelty of the system,” abolitionist Angelina Grimké wrote in her famous “ ...

HONEA PATH, S.C. — It began simply enough. A photograph bought at an auction. One of those long, black and white panoramic photographs. Rows of cotton mill workers, men in coveralls and women in ...

GREENVILLE — Want to learn about South Carolina history? Get an inside look at Statehouse politics? Listen to local leaders tell their stories? There’s a podcast for that. From sports to politics to ...