Text provided by Leah Worthington, College of Charleston Digital Projects Librarian I am pleased and excited to announce that our newest exhibit, Desegregation of the College of Charleston, is now live on the Lowcountry Digital History Initiative! A big congratulations and note of appreciation to the author, Dr. Mari N. Crabtree, and co-authoring contributors, Dr. Courtney Howard and …
As Charleston has become one of the fastest growing cities in the US, few areas have seen as much change as that of Hampstead Village. While many people chose to call Hampstead Village home today, that was not a luxury that was afforded to its residents over a century ago. In the time since, Hampstead …
South Carolina’s oldest business district stands in downtown Charleston on Broad Street, just steps from the Atlantic Ocean. It intersects with the city’s other historically significant thoroughfares, East Bay Street, Meeting Street, and State Street. If one were to take a stroll down Broad Street today, they would pass restaurants, art galleries, coffee shops, and …
In the 1960s, the United States saw some of the largest activist movements in the history of this country, with several movements being organized to underscore the structural failures uniquely impacting the country’s many ethnic communities. Arguably the most distinguished of all these movements was the Black Civil Rights Movement, which was so visible that …
