I will be at Barnes & Noble Bookstore, 3400 Forest Drive, Columbia, SC on Saturday August 12th, 12:00 PM-2:00 PM. I’m going to have Columbia African American history displays that […]
2023 Jubilee Festival of Black History & Culture hosted by Historical Columbia, on Saturday September 16th, 2023, at the Mann-Simons Site from 11:00 AM-6:00 PM. The book, "The Awakening: The […]
Saturday Signing on September 23rd, 1pm-3pm, at the Book Tavern. Purchase the book, The Thompson Family: Untold Stories From The Past (1830-1960) on that day and enter to win one […]
I will be doing an interpretive talk on "Civil War Cooking: What the Confederate Soldiers Ate" which will focus on the foods Confederate soldiers ate prepared by cooks, when they […]
Ancestral Reflections: The Thompson Family is a collection of eight individual paintings that features the individual experiences of enslaved relatives which include a woman who served in the Civil War; […]
Lavinia was born enslaved on June 3rd, 1844, in Aiken County, and this presentation tells her personal story of slavery and survival during the Civil War. Lavinia would follow her […]
We are kicking off 2024 at the historic Lucy Laney Craft Museum of Black History in Augusta, GA, on Saturday January 13th, 2024, at 5:30 P.M. Join us for a […]
This presentation explores the reasons why South Carolina used African American labor during the war; the diverse roles of African American labor during the war; SC approval of Confederate pensions […]
This presentation explores the reasons why South Carolina used African American labor during the war; the diverse roles of African American labor during the war; SC approval of Confederate pensions […]
Lavinia was born enslaved on June 3rd, 1844, in Aiken County, and this presentation tells her personal story of slavery and survival during the Civil War. Lavinia would follow her […]
Ancestral Reflections: The Thompson Family is a collection of eight individual paintings that features the individual experiences of enslaved relatives which include a woman who served in the Civil War; […]
