Past Events
Briggs v. Elliott & Brown v. Board: Interfaith Partners of South Carolina, July 6, 2021
“Stories of Struggle”: League of Women Voters, Clemson Area, May 18, 2021
Education, the Vote, & White Supremacy: McGregor Presbyterian Church, April 20, 2021
In 1948 hundreds of black South Carolinians in Columbia’s Fourth Ward attempted to vote after court rulings ended the state’s all-white primary. Photo courtesy of South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina.
“Stories of Struggle”: Lourie Lectures, April 7, 14, 21, 28
1960 Sit-Ins in “Stories of Struggle”: San Jose State University, April 7, 2021
Charleston Hospital Strike: Women’s and Gender Studies Program, USC, March 26, 2021
Media & Civil Rights Symposium, USC, March 25
Charleston Hospital Strike: Shepherd’s Center of St. Andrews, March 10, 2021
In the spring and summer of 1969, 400 black women working at Medical College and Charleston County hospitals went on strike. They protested segregation, still at play despite the 1964 Civil Rights Act; lack of human dignity; and low pay. Photo courtesy of Richland Library.
“Stories of Struggle”: In conversation with Rev. Joseph Darby: Pat Conroy Literary Center, March 6, 2020
Greenville Sit-Ins in “Stories of Struggle”: Upcountry History Museum, Furman University, March 5, 2021
On July 16, 1960, eight Greenville students held their third sit-in at the segregated Greenville Public Library. They were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. City council shut all libraries, reopening them in September — desegregated.
“Stories of Struggle,” Racial Justice Action Team, Washington Street United Methodist Church, February 22, 2021
Thurgood Marshall, director-counsel for the NAACP’s Legal Defense and Education Fund, arrives in Charleston to argue Briggs v. Elliott, the first of five lawsuits in Brown v. Board of Education. Photo courtesy of Cecil J. Williams.
Education, the Vote, & White Supremacy: League of Women Voters, February 18, 2021
The KKK women’s auxiliary, called Ladies of the Invisible Empire, joined a State House rally on December 7, 1957. The KKK marched up and down Main Street and formed a human cross on the steps of South Carolina’s capitol building. Photo courtesy of Richland Library.
Rev. Cecil Augustus Ivory: Zoom Family Discussion, February 16, 2021
Rev. Cecil Augustus Ivory, who led the Rock Hill branch of the NAACP and the Local Committee for the Promotion of Human Rights. Photo courtesy of Darnell Ivory.
Greenville Protests in “Stories of Struggle”: Upcountry History Museum, Furman University, February 12, 2021
From left, Rev. Matthew McCollom, Rev. I. DeQuincey Newman, unnamed man, Rev. James S. Hall, James T. McCain, and unnamed Man protest discrimination at the Greenville Municipal Airport and throughout South Carolina. At the time, segregation had been ruled illegal in interstate travel. However, the airport manager and an enforcement officer threatened with arrest Major League baseball star Jackie Robinson, Rev. James S. Hall, third from right above, and his wife. In October 1959, the Halls stood in the whites-only waiting room to greet Robinson; they were also threatened with arrest when Robinson waited for his departure. Photo courtesy of Upcountry History Museum.
“Stories of Struggle”: Osher LifeLong Learning Institute, Clemson University, February 3, 10, 17, 24, 2021
“Stories of Struggle”: With Dr. Thomas Gaither, of CORE, & Dr. Adophus Belk Jr., of Winthrop University, Feb. 1, 2021
Rev. James Myles Hinton Sr.: Hinton Family Zoom, January 27, 2021
Rev. James Myles Hinton Sr. , president of the SC state conference of the NAACP, stands fourth from left. He is voting following successful voting rights lawsuits from 1944-1948. Photo courtesy of South Caroliniana Library, USC.
“Stories of Struggle”: Yayas’ Book Club, Columbia, SC, January 21, 2021
“Stories of Struggle”: St. Martin’s Reads, January 12, 2021
Columbia 1960 Sit-ins in “Stories of Struggle”: Lexington Library, Dec. 10, 2021
McCrory’s, Kress, and Woolworth in downtown Columbia temporarily closed lunch counters During March 3-4, 1960 sit-ins rather than serve black customers. Photo courtesy of Richland Library.
“Stories of Struggle” & “Why Didn’t We Riot?”: Itinerant Literate Books, Dec. 9, 2020
“Stories of Struggle”: With Marjory Wentworth, Charleston County Public Library, Dec. 5, 2020
“Stories of Struggle” & “Unexampled Courage”: Fiction Addiction, Dec. 3, 2020
“Stories of Struggle”: With Cecil Williams, Historic Columbia, Nov. 19, 2020
“Stories of Struggle,” Women in the Movement, SC Women in Leadership, Nov. 18, 2020
