Clinton Junior College, affiliated with the AME Zion Church, was founded in 1894 by Revs. Nero Crockett and W.M. Robinson as Clinton Institute. Named for Bishop Isom C. Clinton, it featured primary and secondary courses as well as a two-year college program. It became...
The Bowman Vineyard began its journey in the late 1800s when Adrian and Laller Henderson purchased the Oakman Branch Road property where tobacco was harvested. This bountiful property was passed on to their children in the late 1960s and, in the early 2000s, this...
The South Carolina African American Heritage Commission suggests the following trip itinerary through the Savannah Valley region to enrich your vacation in South Carolina. Trips like this are outstanding, day-long excursions suitable for family reunions, fraternity /...
The South Carolina African American Heritage Commission suggests the following trip itinerary through the state's Upcountry to enrich your vacation in South Carolina. Trips like this are outstanding, day-long excursions suitable for family reunions, fraternity /...
This three-story building was designed by the noted Columbia architectural firm of W.B. Smith Whaley and Co. Completed in 1895 and featuring a granite facade and red barrel tile roof, the building is a rare example of Romanesque-style architecture in Columbia....
On March 15, 1960, five African American students from Benedict College – Charles Barr, David Carter, Richard Counts, Milton Greene and Johnny Clark – were arrested after refusing to leave the lunch counter at the Taylor Street Pharmacy, which once occupied this...
Sandy Island is a Gullah community located on the largest freshwater island in the state of South Carolina. The island is 9,000 acres of prehistoric sand dunes bordered by the Pee Dee and Waccamaw Rivers in Georgetown County, and protected by The Nature Conservancy....
The South Carolina African American Heritage Commission suggests the following trip itinerary through Charleston and surrounding islands and communities to enrich your vacation in South Carolina. Trips like this are outstanding, day-long excursions suitable for family...
The South Carolina African American Heritage Commission suggests the following trip itinerary through the coastal communities of Georgetown to enrich your vacation in South Carolina. Trips like this are outstanding, day-long excursions suitable for family reunions,...
The South Carolina African American Heritage Commission suggests the following trip itinerary through Orangeburg and Clarendon counties to enrich your vacation in South Carolina. Trips like this are outstanding, day-long excursions suitable for family reunions,...
The South Carolina African American Heritage Commission suggests the following trip itinerary through the capital city of Columbia to enrich your vacation in South Carolina. Trips like this are outstanding, day-long excursions suitable for family reunions, fraternity...
The South Carolina African American Heritage Commission suggests the following trip itinerary through York County and Rock Hill, just south of Charlotte, NC, to enrich your vacation in South Carolina. Trips like this are outstanding, day-long excursions suitable for...
First Nazareth Baptist Church was founded in 1877. The first edifice was located at 1520 Pickens Street and relocated to the present Gervais Street site in the Historic Waverly neighborhood in 1914. The church membership has grown exponentially to approx. 5,000...
This institute grew out of an 1866 school for Freedmen, it became Brainerd Institute in 1868 when the Board of Missions of the Presbyterian Church in New York appointed Rev. Samuel Loomis to help establish churches and schools among the blacks near Chester. At first...