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All African People’s Revolutionary Party (AAPRP) by Mateo Mérida
Kwame Nkrumah today carries a mixed legacy of African self-determination, and authoritarianism: of both the successes of Pan-Africanism and Socialism...
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Avery Research Center’s April Programming
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Community Open House on April 13th from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. EST
Join us for our April Community Open House on April 13, 2022. Guests can register for a 30-minute self-guided tour...
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History News: Charleston Cigars and the Great Resignation by Mateo Mérida
In the two years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the largest effects since then has been...
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Archive Spotlight: Malcolm X Liberation University by Mateo Mérida
Activism is one of the most defining characteristics of the 1960’s in the United States, and much of that has...
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History News: A Photo of Rebecca, Charley and Rosa: on Self-Identification and Social Empathy by Kangkang Kovacs
In front of a massive camera stood three children: Rebecca, Charley and Rosa. Rebecca and Rosa were wrapped in capes...
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March 2022 Avery Digital Classroom and Programming
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History News: Congratulations to Our 2021-2022 Mr. James E. Campbell Student Leadership Awards Recipients!
Congratulations to our 2021-2022 James E. Campbell Student Leadership Award Recipients! Mia Douglas- Benedict College Arianna Bastian-Benedict College Jay Scott-...
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History News: Leon Banov, Natural Disasters, & Vaccines by Mateo Mérida
As the end of the COVID-19 pandemic in Western countries is beginning to come within clear view, despite the clear...
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Archive Spotlight: Dr. Joseph Hoffman and His Legacy by Kangkang Kovacs
Joseph Irwin Hoffman, Jr., MD was born in Charleston in 1898. A graduate of the Avery school, Dr. Hoffman completed...
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History News: COVID-19’s Impact on Charleston’s Black Community by Mateo Mérida
While there is no corner of the world today that has remained completely untouched by the COVID-19 pandemic, certain places...
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Archive Spotlight: The Legacy of Septima P. Clark by Kangkang Kovacs
Septima P. Clark (1898 – 1987) was a pioneer educator, civil rights activist, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called...
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History News: Health in the Disparities Report by Mateo Mérida
Structural racism has been a pervasive problem through much of Charleston’s history. For that reason, in 2015, thanks to a...
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Archive Spotligt: The Legacy of Root Medicine in South Carolina by Mateo Mérida
Without the influences of African American people, medicine as a concept and practice would look very different today. Modern practices...
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Avery Digital Classroom: February 2022 Black History Month
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History News: The Denmark Vesey Plot by Kangkang Kovacs
Denmark Vesey was born, raised, and enslaved in St. Thomas (Danish West Indies). As a boy, he was purchased and...
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Archive Spotlight: Documenting the Arc
The Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture was awarded $100,000 from the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation’s new...
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Archive Spotlight: Somebody Had to Do It by Mateo Mérida
One of the prominent movements of the Civil Rights Era saw African Americans pursuing the highest quality education possible. Under...
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