Professor BERNARD POWERS (College of Charleston): We must always remember that there's great potential in this country, its institutions, in the Constitution to further the interests of civil rights and equality and justice. That's the beauty of America. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/#42561251
"The Union was not only preserved, it was transformed through the destruction of slavery and made more perfect," said Bernard Powers Jr., a Professor at the College of Charleston and author of "Black Charlestonians: A Social History 1822-1885. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42493906
"There's a big difference when you win a war," said Edmund Drago, a history professor at the College of Charleston. "When you win a war, and you lost someone in that war, you can say they died for a good cause. How can you justify your kin dying in a bad war?" http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_731798.html
College of Charleston geology professor Scott Harris, with guidance from Gianfranco Morelli of Italy, scanned almost the entire square in just a few hours. With earlier systems, it would have taken weeks. http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2011/apr/15/exploring-the-unseen/
Bernard Powers, a professor of history at the College of Charleston gave a lecture on slavery Wednesday at a National Park Service event. The National Park Service is trying to make anniversary events over the next four years more hospitable to black people. http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2011/apr/16/blacks-shun-war-events/
The dinner is replete with storytelling and symbolism. To make the holiday more relevant to students and others in the area, the College of Charleston's Jewish Studies Program and Jewish Student Union/Hillel are organizing three separate seders, each with a particular theme, according to Mimi Lewis, Jewish student life coordinator. "Students come from all kinds
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Fifteen College of Charleston students file into a Finance 385 class, set up their laptops, fiddle with Facebook, chit chat, then settle in for a 75-minute lecture on risk management. Everything about the class seems normal, almost. The thing that's different is their teacher is blind. Standing before them is Peter
“So many of the crucial issues that were connected to the Civil War, its origins and consequences, are still with us today,” said Bernard E. Powers, a history professor at the College of Charleston, in South Carolina. “You only have to think about the question of race.” http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2011/0418/150-years-later-Civil-War-still-a-delicate-subject-for-schools
Team claims title with an undefeated season for the second year in a row.
Celebration will be held Friday, May 6 at 7 p.m.
