New African American History Tours Added to Discovering Our Past Website
The College's Discovering Our Past Project is adding five new African American history tours to the multi-media website.
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03, 2021
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02, 2021
Faculty, Staff Invited to Read, Discuss Book on Abolitionist Education
Nearly 50 faculty and staff have been reading and discussing Bettina Love's "We Want to Do More Than Survive," and the CofC community is invited to join the author for a virtual talk at 5 p.m. on March 11, 2021.
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02, 2021
Bernard Powers Illuminates Black History at CofC and Beyond
As the director of the College's Center for the Study of Slavery in Charleston and the interim CEO of the International African American Museum, Bernard Powers is shedding light on new aspects of Black history.
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02, 2021
Center for the Study of Slavery in Charleston Sponsors New Historical Marker
The Center for the Study of Slavery in Charleston sponsored a historic marker that highlights the history of the domestic slave trade at a building in downtown Charleston.
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11, 2020
Past is Present on New Website
In celebration of the College’s 250th anniversary, a new multimedia website and app give an honest and expansive accounting of the school’s long and complex history like never before.
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10, 2020
Bernard Powers Provides Perspective, Hope to Class of 2020
Bernard Powers will speak to members of the Class of 2020 at two of the College of Charleston's commencement ceremonies on Oct. 10, 2020.
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06, 2020
Mother Emanuel’s Legacy of Hope Five Years Later
On the fifth anniversary of the tragedy at Mother Emanuel AME Church, CofC Professor Emeritus Bernard Powers talks about how the church has turned darkness into hope throughout history, and how we can hold onto that hope even today.
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11, 2019
Bernard Powers Awarded the ASALH Woodson Scholars Medallion
Bernard Powers, professor emeritus of history and director of the Study of Slavery in Charleston, was recently awarded the ASALH’s prestigious Carter Godwin Woodson Scholars Medallion.
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10, 2019
CofC Podcast: Bernard Powers on the Life and Legacy of Denmark Vesey
Bernard Powers, director of CofC's Center for the Study of Slavery in Charleston, discusses the life of Denmark Vesey and why he should be considered among America's great freedom fighters.
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07, 2019
New Center Taking the Slavery Blinders Off
The new Center for the Study of Slavery in Charleston will help tell the story of slavery in the broadest possible way.