As a graduate assistant for the College's Center for the Study of Slavery in Charleston, Lauren Davila '21 (M.A. '23) uncovered the largest auction of enslaved people in the United States. She's now taking what she learned and sharing it with students in a new CofC course on slavery and the slave trade.
Bernard Powers, professor emeritus of history and director of the College's Center for the Study of Slavery in Charleston, reflects on the significance of the opening of the new International African American Museum in Charleston.
The Mellon Foundation awarded $2 million to the Avery Research Center โ the largest donation in the institutionโs history.
From serving as the interim president to helping craft exhibits to mapping complex histories, College of Charleston faculty have been essential to the development of the new International African American Museum, which will celebrate its grand opening in Charleston on Saturday, June 24.
On March 21 the Collegeโs Center for the Study of Slavery in Charleston will host Tamara Lanier, whose fight against Harvard University for images of her enslaved ancestors has garnered national attention.
Bernard Powers, director of the Center for the Study of Slavery in Charleston, reflects on the upcoming 2023 opening of the International African American Museum, a seminal event in the cityโs history.
The Center for the Study of Slavery in Charleston will host James O'Neil Spady for its second annual scholarly lecture, "A Movement, not a Conspiracy: A New Narrative of the 1822 Denmark Vesey 'Affair.'"
The College invites the community to "Two Women Bridge the Racial Divide in a Civil Rights Journey" โ a conversation with Polly Sheppard, a survivor of the Mother Emanuel A.M.E. Church massacre, and Margaret Seidler, a descendent of slave traders. Their inspiring story of growing together and confronting the past as they toured the South's civil rights sites together last summer shows that, together, we can shape a better future.
The Palmetto State can learn about the College of Charleston's complex history with slavery through the documentary "If These Walls Could Talk," which will air on SCETV during the month of February.
The CofC community is invited to attend an unveiling on Oct. 15 for a new solar shade pavilion near Rivers Green and to commemorate the indigenous and enslaved people who labored and lived near the site throughout history.
