Kameelah L. Martin, director of African American Studies at the College of Charleston, sheds light on the history behind Black History Month and why it's important.
In honor of Black History Month, several College of Charleston departments, clubs, organizations and offices will host activities and events.
The faculty panel will use multidisciplinary lenses to examine the first year of the Trump Administration. It will be moderated by MSNBC host Joy-Ann Reid.
This year's African American Studies Program Fall Film Festival will run throughout the month of October and into November 2017.
Photos capturing the emotional response to the tragedy at Emanuel A.M.E Church have been made available online by the College's Lowcountry Digital History Initiative, Lowcountry Africana, and the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture, among others.
The family of Conseula Francis will receive visitors from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Stern Center Ballroom on Tuesday, May 10, 2016. Francis, associate provost and professor of English and African American Studies, passed away on May 9, 2016.
In this week’s installment: a former student comes up with a way to get rid of invasive Asian carp, a professor has thoughts on the International African American Museum, the College releases the names of this year's commencement speakers and more.
Author, civil rights activist and children’s advocate Marian Wright Edelman will speak in Sottile Theatre at 6:30 p.m. on March 1, 2016.
Six months after the shooting incident at Emanuel A.M.E. Church, College of Charleston professors share their thoughts on the tragedy and President Barack Obama's eulogy of the slain Rev. Clementa Pinckney.
Senior Nicole Fernandez and junior Aisha Gallion developed a discussion series to facilitate conversations about social justice issues. The first session takes place Oct. 15, 2015.
