Charleston Chronicle Exclusives
SEWE Came And Went – And With Flew Another Economic Opportunity For Black Business
By Barney Blakeney Which came first – the chicken or the egg? For many concerned about the economic impact of the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition in the local Black community, that’s a pertinent question. Celebrating its 37th annual appearance in Charleston February 17-19, the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition attracts an estimated 40,000 attendees to more than 500…
Read MoreAvery Research Center for African American History and Culture at the College of Charleston Awards Research Grants to Seven Students
By Barney Blakeney As part of its ongoing Race and Social Justice Initiative at the College of Charleston, at a January 28 program the initiative granted the Student Leadership Award to seven deserving applicants. The Student Leadership Award was created in 2018 as a means to foster systemic change across The College of Charleston campus…
Read MoreCory Booker Visits The Lowcountry
By Professor Damon L. Fordham, MA The Lowcountry received an important visitor Sunday, February 10 as presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) spoke at the historically black Voorhees College in Denmark, SC. Booker, who recently announced that he is the second African American after Kamala Harris of California to join the presidential contest in 2020,…
Read MoreAFTC’s “A Tribute To Paul Laurence Dunbar” A Surprising Success
By Barney Blakeney Art Forms & Theatre Concepts, Inc. has done it again! Writer and director, Art Gilliard, who founded the Lowcountry’s premier African American theater company has done an exemplary job weaving theater, song, history and culture into a one-act performance that tells the story of Paul Laurence Dunbar, one of America’s greatest writers,…
Read MoreCharleston Books & Brews Celebrates Black Literature With For The Culture Book Club
By Damion Smalls Latisha Bradley is sharing her love of books with the Lowcountry through her nascent creation Charleston Books & Brews, an online book shop featuring Black authors and literature. With Charleston Books & Brews, Bradley has established the For The Culture Book Club. The club has announced an interest meeting for fellow Black…
Read Morekolpeace Honors Black History Month With “Resilient” Exhibition at the Saul Alexander Gallery
By Damion Smalls Lauded Charleston-based artist Christopher “kolpeace” Johnson has gifted the local arts scene with his latest exhibit now on display throughout February at the Saul Alexander Gallery, which is located inside the Main Branch of the Charleston County Public Library. “Resilient” recognizes five impactful and admirable African-Americans that have symbolized unyielding strength through…
Read MoreAfter A Lifetime of Service, Educator Harriett G. Simpson Passes at 97
By Barney Blakeney Retired Charleston educator Harriett G. Simpson died February 6 at her residence. Mrs. Simpson taught at Burke High School and was a C.A. Brown High School guidance counselor. During her career as a counselor, she kept track of pupils’ attendance and sometimes went to their homes to encourage them to stay in…
Read MoreTrans-Atlantic Commemoration Program to be held in Mount Pleasant
By Hakim Abdul-Ali Saturday, February 23, a truly unique cultural and educational event, sponsored by the Snowden Community Civic Association Heritage Committee, will be held in historic Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. This memorable event, centered around the 400 year commemorative remembrance of the horrendous and abominable Trans-Atlantic enslaved journeys of Africans during the infamous Middle…
Read MoreMinority Leadership At The Citadel Demonstrates Its Evolution
By Barney Blakeney For the first time in its storied 175-year history, The Citadel’s two most senior regimental officers both are minorities. Cadet Sarah Zorn is first in command as the cadet corps’ regimental commander and Cadet David Days is the corps’ second in command as its executive officer. As one of the nation’s foremost…
Read MorePrecedent-Setting Charleston Lawman Fred Stroble Dies At 80
By Barney Blakeney Veteran Charleston lawman, retired U.S. Marshal and former Charleston police and Charleston County detective Fred Stroble died February 2. He was 80. Stroble, who grew up on North Nassau Street in the upper-peninsula community of Charleston’s Eastside, was the youngest of seven children born to the late Reverend Marion and Ruth Stroble. He…
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