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Hutchinson House Wins SC Historic Preservation Award
Read More: Hutchinson House Wins SC Historic Preservation AwardThe Hutchinson House located on Edisto Island has won a 2026 South Carolina Historic Preservation Honor Award. This award recognizes…
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3 Historic Sites Associated with Black History go to State Board of Review
Read More: 3 Historic Sites Associated with Black History go to State Board of ReviewThe Philip Simmons House and Workshop & Rosetta Simmons Residence in Charleston, theSol Legare School on James Island, and the…
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Gullah Geechee Heritage Corridor Wins Funding
Read More: Gullah Geechee Heritage Corridor Wins FundingThe Gullah Geechee Heritage Corridor has beenawarded funding from the African AmericanCultural Heritage Action Fund through theNational Trust for Historic…
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St. George Rosenwald School included in National Historic Park proposal
Read More: St. George Rosenwald School included in National Historic Park proposalA federal bill co-sponsored by Congressman James Clyburn proposes a multi-state network of Rosenwald schools that are still standing, called…
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Daufuskie Native wins James Beard Book Award
Read More: Daufuskie Native wins James Beard Book AwardSallie Ann Robinson, Daufuskie native, renowned chef, and cookbook author, has won the prestigious James Beard Hall of Fame book…
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Restoration Efforts to Preserve Charleston Black Cemetery
Read More: Restoration Efforts to Preserve Charleston Black CemeteryHoney Hill Cemetery, established in the 1870s, is a Reconstruction-era African American cemetery at teh city-owned Stephen Washington Park on…
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Jar by enslaved potter David Drake on display for America’s 250th
Read More: Jar by enslaved potter David Drake on display for America’s 250thA jar with a poem inscribed on it made by Dave the Potter, an enslaved African American in South Carolina,…
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Historic Black-owned jazz club in Charleston Temporarily Saved from Demolition
Read More: Historic Black-owned jazz club in Charleston Temporarily Saved from DemolitionOn May 28, Charleston’s City Council deferred action on a proposed demolition of the last remnant of Dash Hall–a historic…
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Gullah Geechee Women Are Preserving Gullah Geechee Culture
Read More: Gullah Geechee Women Are Preserving Gullah Geechee CultureA recent article in the Smithsonian Magazine highlighted the importance of Gullah Geechee culture. It specifically touched on the role…
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3 African American Sites Listed to National Register
Read More: 3 African American Sites Listed to National RegisterJ.S. Wright High School, St. Paul Baptist Church, and Angel Oak have all been listed to the National Register of…
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