African American Culture

African American Laborers Cultivating with Hoes | South Carolina's African American Heritage

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African American Laborers Cultivating with Hoes | South Carolina's African American Heritage

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A 1930 photograph of a group of African American laborers cultivating with hoes. Hoe culture was the predominant method of working the soil in traditional African agricultural societies, and the hoe...

Head-toting of Bundles | South Carolina's African American Heritage

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Head-toting of Bundles | South Carolina's African American Heritage

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"Head-toting" of bundles is a distinctly African method of transporting bulky materials, whether it be firewood for the home, cotton from the fields, or produce carried to market. Courtesy of the...

Alice Huger Ravenel Smith Watercolor: African American Workers Loading Rice on a Ship | History of SC Slide Collection

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Alice Huger Ravenel Smith Watercolor: African American Workers Loading Rice on a Ship | History of SC Slide Collection

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An Alice Huger Ravenel Smith watercolor of African-American workers loading rice on a ship to send to market. Note the use of "head-toting" as a way of moving the heavy rice sacks. Courtesy of the...

Richard S. Roberts | History of SC Slide Collection

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Richard S. Roberts | History of SC Slide Collection

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Richard S. Roberts (1880-1936), a talented photographer, left an enduring film record of Columbia's African-American middle class community during the 1920s and 1930s. This self portrait was taken in...

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie | History of SC Slide Collection

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John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie | History of SC Slide Collection

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John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (1917- ), a native of Cheraw, began playing the trombone and the trumpet in 1929. He studied harmony and music theory at Laurinburg Institute in North Carolina before...

Homecoming: Leo Twiggs' Roots | Art of Jonathan Green and Leo Twiggs | Carolina Stories 5

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Homecoming: Leo Twiggs' Roots | Art of Jonathan Green and Leo Twiggs | Carolina Stories

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During the exhibition,Twiggs traveled back to his native Saint Stephens. There, met by his brother George, he ventured inside the house where he grew up. The brother had the house built for their...

Penn Center: A Legacy: Heritage Days | Carolina Stories 3

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Penn Center: A Legacy: Heritage Days | Carolina Stories

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Another way that Penn helps to remember the culture is through the Heritage Days Celebration. The event was rekindled in 1981 but has its roots in the old harvest day celebration. Heritage Days are...

Penn Center: A Legacy | Carolina Stories 1

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Penn Center: A Legacy | Carolina Stories

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Located on St. Helena Island, some may remember it as Penn School, while others know it as Penn Center. St. Helena is one of the few places where you will see a living Gullah community. The history...

Origins of Lowcountry Cuisine | Between the Waters

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Origins of Lowcountry Cuisine | Between the Waters

Culinary adaptations transformed traditional African dishes into a unique, new creolized cuisine, influenced by European and Native American traditions, and characteristic of Gullah culture. Foodways...

David Drake a.k.a “Dave the Potter” | S.C. Hall of Fame

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David Drake a.k.a “Dave the Potter” | S.C. Hall of Fame

David Drake was an enslaved African American in Edgefield, South Carolina during the first three quarters of the nineteenth century. He’s known today for the magnificent quality of the pots he made...

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