BY EDITOR The first-ever mobile travel guide to S.C. African American cultural sites, the Green Book of South Carolina, has been launched by the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission, offering residents and visitors from around the world a user-friendly...
BY DAVE HARDESTY Writing of the road trips he made as a boy in the 1950s, Courland Miloy of The Washington Post recalled that his mother spent the evening before the trip frying chicken and boiling eggs so his family would have something to eat along the way. Read the...
BY DAVE MUNDAY A web-based or phone app travel guide called Green Book of South Carolina lists more than 300 sites across the state with African American heritage. The S.C. African American Heritage Commission developed it. Read the full...
Major new international tourism tool launched by S.C. African American Heritage Commission The first-ever mobile travel guide to S.C. African American cultural sites, the Green Book of South Carolina, has been launched by the South Carolina African American Heritage...
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 Strauss Moore Shiple,...
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...
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 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...
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...
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....
The Green Book of South Carolina pays homage to the original Green Book by highlighting over 300 African American heritage sites across the state of South Carolina. However, the original Green Book, published in 1936, was not just a nod to African American culture but...
ABOUT 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 American Heritage Commission to offer residents and visitors from around the world a user-friendly...
The South Carolina African American Heritage Commission (SCAAHC) works to increase the social, political and economic value of South Carolina African American heritage; encourage and demonstrate respect for all heritages; document and institutionalize African...