Latest Past Events

Author Talk & Book Signing

Lucy Laney Craft Laney Musueum 1116 Phillips Street, Augusta

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 book signing and special family presentation on, "The Life of Nickie Mae Winn Corley: An African American Entrepreneurship, Civil Rights Activist, and Advocate of Women […]

Lavinia C. Thompson-The Personal Story of Slavery & The Civil War in South Carolina

Redcliffe State Historic Site 181 Redcliffe Road, Beech Island

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 master into battle in the Civil War, serving the Confederate army as a cook. Six decades later, she would be among about 100 black South […]

Ancestral Reflections: The Thompson Family Opening Exhibit

The Center For African American History, Art, and Culture 120 York Street NE, Aiken

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; and individual agricultural and civic activities during past times in the rural South Carolina; from the award-winning book, The Thompson Family: Untold Stories from The […]