Black History Month is celebrated every February to honor the achievements of African Americans who have shaped American history. Historian Carter G. Woodson hoped to raise awareness of African American's contributions to civilization by establishing Negro History Week. The event was first celebrated during a week in February 1926 that included both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass' birthdays. The week was later expanded to a month in 1976 during the United States bicentennial.
PHOTO: On March 20, 1969, Black hospital workers at the Medical College of South Carolina in Charleston went on strike to protest the firing of twelve employees and to call for higher wages and union recognition.
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Peggie shares her story and how she has used quilting to tell stories.
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In this video, Nina shares personal accounts of her own life as a Gullah Geechee woman who grew up in Charleston, SC. Students who are not familiar with the Gullah Geechee Culture can experience...
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In this video, Nina uses various forms of kinesthetic/bodily movement to emphasize the history of The Gullah Geechee Culture & the Gullah Geechee Heritage Act. This activity will help students...
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In this video Nina uses dance as a form of teaching and learning for students and teachers to understand the origins of the Gullah Geechee Culture of South Carolina.
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From Africa to the White House is a 3 part series that traces the journey of enslaved Africans from the regions of West Africa to America. It covers slavery, reconstruction and the Civil Rights Bill...
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From Africa to the White House is a 3 part series that traces the journey of enslaved Africans from the regions of West Africa to America. It covers slavery, reconstruction and the Civil Rights Bill...
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From Africa to the White House is a 3 part series that traces the journey of enslaved Africans from the regions of West Africa to America. It covers slavery, reconstruction and the Civil Rights Bill...
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Modjeska Monteith Simkins is known as the "matriarch of civil rights activists" in South Carolina. Born in Columbia in 1899, Simkins spent her adult life fighting for equality and advocating for human...
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South Carolina native Ronald McNair was the second African-American to go into space, and was part of the STS-51L crew that died when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after lift-off on...
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Founded in 2019 by acclaimed civil rights photographer Cecil Williams, the Cecil Williams South Carolina Civil Rights Museum is the Palmetto State’s first and only civil rights museum.
