CHARLESTON, S.C. — Travel buffs seem enthralled with one South Carolina city – so much so that it was recently named the best place to visit in the U.S. for the 11th time in a row. Travel + Leisure named Charleston to the top of its list earlier in the month, a position it has held for …
Charleston, S.C. (WCBD) – Thursday marks one month since the International African American Museum (IAAM) opened to the public. It’s been a very busy month for the IAAM, officials at the museum said they have been sold out every day since opening. Already they’ve seen visitors from across the United States and the world travel …
Historian Julian Zelizer talks about how President Biden will need to reconcile his support for labor unions with his focus on fighting climate change. And, renewed interest and support for nuclear power in the U.S. is propelling numerous proposals for plants in the West. Caitlin Tan of the Mountain West News Bureau takes us to …
A volunteer researcher wants to launch a project to remember an estimated 26,000 people buried at a 19th-century mass burial ground that is today’s Harmon Field and The Citadel’s football stadium on Charleston’s West Side. Former middle school reading teacher Julie Bowling said she hopes her effort draws more attention to the graves as part …
Before Congress ended the transatlantic slave trade in 1808, the Port of Charleston was the nation’s epicenter of human trafficking. Almost half of the estimated 400,000 African people imported into what became the United States were brought to that Southern city, and a substantial number took their first steps on American soil at Gadsden’s Wharf on the Cooper River. That location of once …
Historians estimate that some 90 percent of African Americans can trace one ancestor back to Charleston. The International African American Museum centers the stories of the enslaved. Link to National Geographic here to read full article
Charleston is an epicenter of African American history and culture. The components that make it so, however, are largely disconnected and far-flung. Surely, Charleston could become the premier destination in the world for the study of the African American experience if these disparate venues somehow could find a way to come together. And maybe they …
The Charleston Regional Business Journal devotes pages of the June 19, 2023, issue to the International African American Museum. Check out a link to the digital version of the paper here to access the articles
OCALA, FLA. — Stonemont Financial Group and US Capital Development have completed the development of a $28 million speculative industrial facility located in Ocala, about 37 miles south of Gainesville, Fla. Situated on 35 acres, Topline Logistics Facility totals 457,000 square feet and features 36-foot clear heights, 95 dock doors, four drive-in doors and 110 …
The power of resilience can be felt throughout the new International African-American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina. The $120 million project, which opened its doors this summer, is no ordinary tourist attraction. The museum is built on scarred and sacred ground: Gadsden’s Wharf, the arrival point for nearly half of all enslaved Africans shipped to the U.S. …
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