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For nearly two centuries, several names lived in silence, locked away in a Harvard archive, the faces of seven enslaved South Carolinians captured in 1850 daguerreotypes were used to justify racist pseudoscience.
Shady Grove Baptist Church was one of four churches burned, along with Mount Mary, Mount Olive, and I Hope.
One group is educating people in the Upstate on the four men whose lives were cut short by racial violence.
Five young men from Orangeburg were recognized on the floor of the South Carolina House of Representatives this week after earning the rank of Eagle Scout — the highest achievement in scouting.
A powerful new historical drama is shedding light on untold Civil War history, and at its center is a South Carolina native.
Cummins Memorial Theological Seminary in Summerville is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year, marking a century and a half since its founding to educate enslaved Black men for ministry.
‘Guardians of hidden history’: SC Civil Rights Museum nears move to new downtown Orangeburg facility
The South Carolina Civil Rights Museum is moving closer to opening a new, larger home in downtown Orangeburg after a year-long delay.
100 years ago, Brooklyn was the center of the Black community in Charlotte
On Thursday, the South Carolina State Museum unveiled a new piece titled “Big Percy.”
While February highlights Black History Month, leaders at the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture said their work preserving and interpreting Black history happens year-round.
A former slave who commandeered a Confederate warship and sailed his family to freedom, is one of the greatest American heroes many Americans may never have been taught about.
Black History did not begin with slavery, and WIS is exploring more behind the tradition and impacts of Gullah-Geechee culture.
Long before bondage, Africans arrived on the shores of South Carolina carrying knowledge, skill, and culture.
Faith became a source of strength, survival, and resistance for enslaved Africans.
The Gullah-Geechee language is a living testament to survival.
More than art, sweetgrass baskets are history woven by hand.
African knowledge of agriculture and cooking helped build South Carolina’s economy and cuisine.
African knowledge of agriculture and cooking helped build South Carolina’s economy and cuisine.
The hit kids' program became one of the first shows to feature a Black family and promote cultural heritage.
A religious school in Summerville that was founded to educate Black ministers for the Reformed Episcopal Church is celebrating a major milestone.
