Origins of Memorial Day
Bernard Powers gave a tour of sites in Charleston related to black heritage. At Hampton Park he talked about the connections it has to one of the first Memorial Day commemorations on May 1, …
780 viewsBernard Powers gave a tour of sites in Charleston related to black heritage. At Hampton Park he talked about the connections it has to one of the first Memorial Day commemorations on May 1, …
780 viewsCo-authors Marjory Wentworth, Bernard Powers, and Herb Frazier talked about their book, We Are Charleston: Tragedy and Triumph at Mother Emanuel. They spoke at the 28th annual Southern F…
971 viewsBernard Powers gave a tour of sites in Charleston related to black heritage. He talked about the failed 1822 slave revolt that resulted in the execution of the leader, Denmark Vesey. Profess…
8,948 viewsA panel discussion was held on the life of Robert Smalls. Robert Smalls was a slave during the Civil War who commandeered a Confederate transport ship to escape to the north, where he perfor…
3,096 viewsAt the Charleston City Market Bernard Powers talked about the role free and enslaved blacks played in the market and how it affected pre-Civil War race relations. C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehi…
458 viewsBernard Powers gave a tour of sites in Charleston related to black heritage. At Battery Park he talked about Jim Crow era Charleston as scenes of the city were shown. C-SPAN’s Local Content …
443 viewsA ceremony was held to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the first shots of the Civil War fired at Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. The ceremony included the Citadel Color Guard and singing…
704 viewsGuests examined the social, political, and military history of the Civil War era from the perspective of the Confederacy through the writings of Mary Chesnut. Her journals detailed life in t…
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