by greenbook_admin | May 26, 2017 | Accolades, News
On this edition of “In Black America,” the radio show and podcast produced by KUT, Austin, Texas’ NPR station, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks about The Green Book of South Carolina with S.C. African American Heritage Commission members...
by greenbook_admin | May 25, 2017 | News, Press Info
Connections Between S.C. African American Culinary Traditions and Sites in the Green Book of South Carolina Compiled by Dawn Dawson-House, S.C. African American Heritage Commission Many of the food traditions of South Carolina are rooted in the history of African...
by greenbook_admin | May 25, 2017 | News, Press Info
Spotlight Attractions from the Green Book of South Carolina: A Travel Guide to S.C. African American Cultural Sites The Green Book of South Carolina is the first mobile travel guide to African American cultural sites across South Carolina, created by the S.C. African...
by greenbook_admin | Apr 30, 2017 | Accolades, News
BY LEZLIE PATTERSON Special to The State In 1936, the Green Book guided African-American travelers to safe harbors and welcoming establishments across the United States. Now, the Green Book of South Carolina mobile guide – debuting today, April 30 – will guide...
by greenbook_admin | Apr 22, 2017 | News
Isabell Meggett Lucas was born in a former slave cabin. Today, that cabin sits inside the new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture as an example of home life for slaves in the South. During a recent visit to the new museum, Lucas and her...
by greenbook_admin | Apr 22, 2017 | News
In January 2017, President Barack Obama designated three new national monuments devoted to civil rights history. One of the three, one is located in Beaufort County, South Carolina and is dedicated to the period following the Civil War known as Reconstruction....
