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African American Historic Places in SC

The South Carolina Department of Archives and History compiled the most comprehensive list of African American Historic Places.

SC Hall of Fame

The SC Hall of Fame is located in Myrtle Beach Convention Center, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. On September 21, 2001, Governor Jim Hodges signed into law a bill designating the South Carolina Hall of Fame as the state's official hall of fame. To date, 13 African Americans have been inducted in the museum.

SC AA History Calendar

Beginning in 1990, the South Carolina African American Calendar begun recognizing prominent African Americans who were recognized because of their contributions to the Palmetto State. Today, the tradition continues thanks to supporters such as the SC State Department of Education, Dominion, and others.

Claflin University Hall of Fame

Beginning in 1995, Individuals are selected each year that have made their mark in areas such as community service, education, athletics, government and philanthropy. After the presentation which annually is held during the Presidential Gala, the Hall of Fame inductee images are hung in Tingley Hall.

INDUCTED 1995

USC Center for Civil Rights History & Research

Dr. Bobby Donaldson, Associate Professor of History at the University of South Carolina is Directorr of the Center. A joint initiative of the College of Arts and Sciences and University Libraries, the Center seeks to bring our civil rights history to life and inspire an informed dialogue about today’s social justice issues. The center was founded in November 2015 with the receipt of the congressional papers of Representative James E. Clyburn, the state’s first African-American member of Congress since Reconstruction. The Center focuses on these primary areas: Engaging the community in programming to foster advocacy and action Informing curriculum for K-12 and higher education.

Green Book

A Travel Guide to South Carolina African American Cultural Sites - Courtesy of SC African American Heritage Commission - SC Archives. The Green Book of South Carolina is the first mobile web 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 guide to discovering and celebrating enriching cultural experiences across the state of South Carolina.

Baptist Education & Missionary Convention of South Carolina

The Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina was founded in 1877, by a group of black men who came together to enhance the quality of life in their churches and to provide a means of bringing Churches together on a statewide basis to address the educational needs of African Americans of all ages. Dr. Isaac P. Brockenton, organized the Macedonia Baptist Church, Darlington, S.C. under his leadership as pastor and served as the second Moderator of the Historic Gethsemane Association; was the first President of the Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention. The Convention of South Carolina (“BEMCSC”) is the largest organization of African Americans in the state.

Lovely Hill Baptist Convention Center

The Lovely Hill Baptist Association consists of twenty churches under the leadership of Moderator McKinley Ravenell. The late Reverend Doctor S.B. Marshall, who was moderator of the Lovely Hill Baptist Association, had a vision to build a center large enough to house all of the various conventions of the association on the land originally purchased to build the first school for African-American children in the St. George, area. After bringing the vision to the Executive Board and the members of the Association, on October 16, 1999, groundbreaking was held for the construction of the Lovely Hill Baptist Association Conference Center. In September, 2005, the vision became a reality with the completion of the center.

Trinity United Methodist Church

T rinity Methodist Episcopal Church, now Trinity United Methodist Church, was founded in 1866 by Methodist ministers. It was formerly located on the present Courthouse Square. Present Gothic architecture structure was designed by W.W. Wilkins, SC State College faculty member, under the supervision of Miller F. Whittaker. Construction began in 1928, and was completed in 1944. Civil rights meetings and rallies were held during the 1940s-1960s, with local, state and prominent national leaders, Roy Wilkins, Martin L. King Jr. and Thurgood Marshall. Trinity was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

International African American Museum

The International African American Museum explores cultures and knowledge systems retained and adapted by Africans in the Americas, and the diverse journeys and achievements of these individuals and their descendants in South Carolina, the United States, and throughout the African diaspora. Visitors will engage with dynamic exhibits featuring historic figures, events, and experiences from slavery through the 20th-century civil rights movement and into the present.

Briggs-Delaine-Pearson Foundation

The Briggs, Delaine, Pearson Foundation

Allen University SC Hall of Fame

The Allen University

Brown Foundation

The Brown Foundation

Benjamin Mays Historic Site

The Benjamin Mays Historic Site

Modjeska Simkins House

The Modjeska Simkins House

Penn Center - Beufort

Tucked in the heart of the South Carolina Sea Islands surrounded by glimmering marshes and nestled beneath the silvery moss-draped limbs of massive live oaks, is Penn Center. It is the site of the former Penn School, one of the country's first schools for formerly enslaved individuals. Penn Center is one of the most significant African American historical and cultural institutions in existence today. We are located on St. Helena Island, one of the most beautiful and historically distinct of the South Carolina Sea Islands, and at the heart of Gullah culture.

African American Monument at State House

The African American Monument located at the State Capitol in Columbia was erected in 2001.

Columbia 63

Columbia 63, "Our Story Matters,"

Alice Bernstein

Alice Bernstein & Friends Welcome to my website, where you can read articles by me and persons I am proud to have as friends and colleagues. They have been published in many newspapers, including Charleston Chronicle, Tennessee Tribune, La Vida News/ The Black Voice (Texas), Birmingham Times, Harlem News, Omaha Star, Philadelphia Sun. They show the importance of Aesthetic Realism, the philosophy founded by the great American educator and critic Eli Siegel, in understanding the questions of people everywhere about the world and our individual lives. — Alice Bernstein

Orangeburg Arts

Orangeburg Arts shares the story about this vibrant community located between Columbia and Charleston.

Stories of Struggle

Claudia Brimson's revealing stories focused on South Carolina civil rights pioneers.

Briggs - Delaine -Pearson Foundation

The Briggs – De Laine – Pearson Foundation (BDP Foundation), is a 501(c)(3), non-profit, tax-exempt organization with IRS public charity status. The charitable, volunteer organization is located in the economically distressed, rural town of Summerton, South Carolina. BDP Foundation was originally founded in 1993 when a group of individuals decided to form an organization to memorialize the participants of the Briggs v. Elliott case. Briggs v. Elliott was the first case in the twentieth century to challenge the constitutionality of racially segregated schools. It was the first of the five legal cases filed in the United States Federal Courts that led to the May 17, 1954, Supreme Court verdict on Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KS.

A Girl In a Museum World

Tellie offers interesting perspectives from a historical slant. Visit her site often.

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