Center for the Study of Slavery in Charleston @CSSCharleston
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Join the Anson Street African Burial Ground Project for "Truth Rising: Honoring African Presence in Charleston" May 3rd and 4th. More information at asabgproject.com and on our blog blogs.cofc.edu/cssc/2022/04/2…
Check out The College Today's coverage of our upcoming events. It's not too late to register! The link is in the article. today.cofc.edu/2022/04/12/cen…
We have TWO upcoming events with historian James O'Neil Spady. Register to attend the lecture in person or online 4/18 (bit.ly/MovementNotACo…), and join us for the seminar at Addlestone Library 4/19. More on our blog: blogs.cofc.edu/cssc/2022/04/0…
Read more about our upcoming event in The College Today: today.cofc.edu/2022/03/23/cri…
Register for "Two Women Bridge the Racial Divide" at bit.ly/CriticalConver…, and read more about Polly Sheppard and Margaret Seidler on our blog: blogs.cofc.edu/cssc/2022/03/1…
Attend the upcoming virtual book talk with CofC's own Dr. Mari Crabtree. Details and registration link on our blog: blogs.cofc.edu/cssc/2022/02/2… @AASTCofC @LCWA_CofC #CofC #BookTalk
Learn more about the International African American Museum as part of the Town of Mount Pleasant's Black History Month events series. More details on our blog: blogs.cofc.edu/cssc/2022/02/2… #IAAMuseum #TOMPSC
This event has been rescheduled for this Thursday, February 17, at 5pm. Same room and zoom link. See you there!
This event has been rescheduled for this Thursday, February 17, at 5pm. Same room and zoom link. See you there!
This event tonight has been canceled! We will reschedule and announce the new date soon
Register for the virtual panel discussion “Slavery and Reparations: Africa, Nova Scotia, Canada, and Beyond,” November 1 at 3pm! Details on our blog: blogs.cofc.edu/cssc/2021/10/2… #universitiesstudyingslavery #reparations #events
In case you missed the dedication ceremony for the new solar pavilion, where an archaeological excavation uncovered an 1853 slave badge, the recording is now available online: today.cofc.edu/2021/10/15/cof… #archaeology #UniversitiesStudyingSlavery
Today the College dedicated its new solar pavilion behind Rivers Green! Learn more about the project and the complex history of the land on which it sits: discovering.cofc.edu/items/show/56 #CougarNation #UniversitiesStudyingSlavery #Archaeology #Sustainability
The #CofC community is invited to attend a commemoration ceremony and the unveiling of a new solar shade pavilion near Rivers Green this Friday. A slave tag from 1853 was found on the site during an archaeological excavation last spring. Learn more ⬇️ today.cofc.edu/2021/10/11/cof…
Read the newest blog post from the Center for the Study of Slavery in Charleston by our own Mary Jo Fairchild as she works to solve the archival mystery of Tom Peace, a Black man whose name appears in the College's records throughout the 19th century: bit.ly/3hvRQya.
There's a new post on the CSSC Blog about @CofCLibraries' very own @MaryJoFair! Learn about her work digging deep in the archives and researching free and enslaved people of color at the College in the 19th century blogs.cofc.edu/cssc/2021/09/1… #UniversitiesStudyingSlavery
Don’t miss Dr. Bernard Powers speak on his most recent book this afternoon at 5:30! Register at the link below. draytonhall.org/event/april-20…
‘Can’t lose our history’: Exhibit honors Black, immigrant legacy of Charleston street thestate.com/news/charlesto…
Join us tomorrow from 5-6:30pm for the second part of our Critical Conversations, “Restorative Responses Beyond CofC”
Join us tomorrow from 2:30-4:00pm for part one of our two-part webinar series on #SystemicRacism

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