Post and Courier: History of civil rights and the Black experience is everywhere in Charleston
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 will, now that the International African American Museum is open to the public. The museum is an essential leg of a four-legged stool, and joins three others already well-established.