South Carolina – African-American History and Cultural Resources

South Carolina SC Black History, Culture

Our SC African-American Guide ... Notable SC African-Americans SC Black History SC Black Culture SC Black Churches, Organizations SC Black Schools, Colleges, Libraries Glossary - important terms used in this section of SCIWAY Related Resources

Black South Carolinians

• Notable SC African-Americans
  – Alphabetical list
  – Chronological list
  

• African-Americans of Woodlands Plantation - Simms family

SC Black History

Timeline

• Timeline of major events - 1525-1997

Historic Periods

• Slavery, Civil War - 1525-1865
  
• Reconstruction, Restoration - 1865-1900
  
• Twentieth Century - 1900-present
  
  
• Heritage, Not Hate? - article on slavery, Reconstruction, the KKK, lynching, and Jim Crow

Historic Places

• African-American Historic Places in South Carolina - PDF - by county - large file
  
• African Passages: Ashley River Corridor's Sites of Importance
  
• Benjamin E. Mays Historic Site - childhood home of Benjamin Mays
  
• Greenville Cultural Exchange Center - African-American history museum
  
• Hamburg - includes info on Carpentersville community
  
• Hewn-timber slave cabins - Florence - 1836
  
• Lincolnville - Dorchester County
  
• Old Slave Mart Museum - Charleston
  
• Road Trip! Through South Carolina Civil Rights History - virtual tours
  
• Slave Relic Museum - Walterboro
  
• South Carolina's Equalization Schools - 1951-1960 new schools were constructed to provide "separate but equal" education for African American students in an attempt to prolong the desegregation of public schools - click on underlined school names to view picture
  

Historical Images

• About Our Freedom - articles, images, genealogy tips
  

SC Black Culture

• Gullah heritage, language - music, dance, art, crafts, food, religion, West African traditions and influences, and more
  
• Center for Southern African-American Music - includes print, audio and video archives - University of South Carolina
  
• Freewoods Farm - Horry County - living farm highlights the contributions of family-owned, African-American farms in the post-Civil War era
  
• Soul of the Pee Dee - scroll down for link to large PDF document detailing regional culture past and present
  
• The Gullah Creole Language
• The Gullah Dialect and Sea Island Culture
• Transatlantic Linkage: The Gullah/Geechee-Sierra Leone Connection
• Lifestyle of the Mende People of South Carolina - African traditions and crafts retained in Gullah cluture
  
• From Africa to South Carolina: the Sea Grass Basket Tradition

SC Black Schools, Colleges, Libraries

• Black schools and libraries in South Carolina - Rosenwald Schools, normal schools, and more
  – SC Equalization Schools - also called "Separate but Equal" Schools
• Historically black colleges in South Carolina
• Penn Center - St. Helena Island

SC African-American Organizations

• Historically black churches
• SC African-American organizations

Related SC African-American Resources

• African Americans in the Armed Forces - from the Revolution to Vietnam
  
• After Slavery - collaborative research effort focused on labor, race, and citizenship in the post-emancipation Carolinas
  
• Distribution of SC Black Population by County - 1999 - map and county rankings
  
• Family Tyes SC - promoting Gullah culture
  
• Most Overlooked Record Types in South Carolina - 66-minute genealogy research video, particularly helpful with African American research
  
• SC Black News - newspaper published weekley
• SCGenWeb's African American Research
• Voyages: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database - documents 300 years of slave trade from Africa - users can search nearly 35,000 voyages and over 70,000 names