State preservation leaders say a project that documented and mapped 200 Black burial sites is a big moment for understanding the city’s past and planning its future.
The city of Charleston has no shortage of layered history, some remaining uncovered. But one department at the College of Charleston is working to change that with a discovery.
Following the state’s decision to remove Advanced Placement African American Studies, the Charleston County School District may be offering the curriculum in another way.
More than a million African Americans served in the military during WWII, and many of their names are lost to history. That’s why a local Abbeville woman is on a mission to identify forgotten service members, using tools from the 21st century to connect people with their past.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, between 2020 to 2022, more than 4,500 people drowned in the United States. But one Lowcountry swim organization is working to change that.
State funding for the restoration of a historic schoolhouse in Charleston County has been denied because of complications with the charity status of the organization involved.
Taylor was known for singing hymns and leading protests with a megaphone, “a symbol of his unwavering commitment to keeping marches in sync,” the city council said.
Lowcountry history is now being made at the Charleston Police Department, but the person at the center of the recognition says she just wants her work to speak for itself.
The Lowcountry Youth Services held their annual awards and induction ceremony on Saturday evening at the Royal Banquet and Event Center in North Charleston.
Sorry is not enough: That’s why representatives of a newspaper in England are visiting the Lowcountry and places around the globe where the paper played a role in the enslavement of Africans, trying to turns words into actions.
The older people get, the harder it can be to stay physically active, but one Lowcountry line dance group is working to make that easier, by stepping with soul.
The International African American Museum hosted an event Friday to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. the Board of Education that outlawed public school segregation.
This week the nation is celebrating the 70th anniversary of the landmark decision Brown vs Board of Education, in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that laws establishing racial segregation in public schools were unconstitutional.
People who share a special bond will gather in Colleton County to talk about an important event in history known as the Combahee River Raid, the largest and most successful slave revolt in United States history.
An award-winning Lowcountry author focuses on using history to generate meaningful, insightful discussions that lead to introspection and change when it comes to race relations in America.
