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Holy City Sinner: Applications open for the International African Museum’s Faith Based Advisory Council

Posted By: Melissa Pluta Parker | December 9, 2023

The International African American Museum (IAAM), which officially opened June of 2023 to the public, is accepting applications for its Faith Based Education and Engagement Advisory Council. Comprised of committed, knowledgeable, spiritually and geographically diverse faith-based partners, IAAM’s Faith Based Education and Engagement Advisory Council focuses on engaging faith-based communities, denominational and interfaith leaders and …

Charleston Marketing Podcast: Dr. Tonya Matthews

Posted By: Emily Collins | December 8, 2023

Charleston Marketing Podcast features Dr. Tonya Matthews, current president and CEO of the International African American Museum (IAAM). “Under Dr. Matthews’ leadership, IAAM has become a champion of authentic, empathetic storytelling of African American history and thus is one of the nation’s newest platforms for the disruption of institutionalized racism as America continues the walk …

Hospitality Net: Charleston, SC: Making & Preserving History

Posted By: Emily Collins | December 8, 2023

Europeans first settled in the city that would become Charleston over 350 years ago.[1] Charleston’s rich history is one of the drivers of its thriving tourism sector, which tallied 7.68 million visitors in 2022. In the hospitality industry, Charleston continues to make history, while local initiatives are also making strides to preserve it. Demand Peaks …

Palmetto Life: Video: Honoring Untold Stories at the International African American Museum

Posted By: Emily Collins | December 8, 2023

Palmetto Life shares a video segment on the exhibits at the International African American Museum. Watch Here

International African American Museum sets day to honor Masons

Posted By: Emily Collins | December 6, 2023

WHAT: The Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of South Carolina Day at the International African American Museum WHEN: Sunday, December 17, 2023, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. WHERE: The International African American Museum / 14 Wharfside Street / Charleston, S.C. 29401 DETAILS: The International African American Museum (IAAM) will host members of the …

Applications open for the International African Museum’s Faith Based Advisory Council

Posted By: Melissa Pluta Parker | December 5, 2023

Charleston, S.C.– The International African American Museum (IAAM), which officially opened June of 2023 to the public, is accepting applications for its Faith Based Education and Engagement Advisory Council.   Comprised of committed, knowledgeable, spiritually and geographically diverse faith-based partners, IAAM’s Faith Based Education and Engagement Advisory Council focuses on engaging faith-based communities, denominational and …

The New York Times: Saving Praise Houses Before Their African Lineage Is Forgotten

Posted By: Emily Collins | November 28, 2023

The Rev. Kay Colleton will never forget the time she first laid eyes on Moving Star Hall, a tiny white clapboard building with a leaning chimney, a crooked roof and a storied history. The hall is a rare surviving example of a praise house — humble one-room structures used as places of worship by enslaved …

Trend Radar: International African American Museum in Charleston, S.C., pays new respect to the enslaved Africans who landed on its docks

Posted By: Emily Collins | November 28, 2023

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 …

Post and Courier: Charleston gets a new museum

Posted By: Emily Collins | November 28, 2023

Charleston is full of historic spaces, but no spot is more imbued with the spirit of the past than the site of Gadsden’s Wharf. Located on the western side of the Cooper River where that waterway joins the Ashley in Charleston harbor, the wharf was at one point in the 18th century the largest quayside …

Art Daily: Saving praise houses before their African lineage is forgotten

Posted By: Emily Collins | November 28, 2023

The Rev. Kay Colleton will never forget the time she first laid eyes on Moving Star Hall, a tiny white clapboard building with a leaning chimney, a crooked roof and a storied history. The hall is a rare surviving example of a praise house — humble one-room structures used as places of worship by enslaved …