Travel + Leisure: This Travel Guide Highlights Charleston’s Black Heritage — With Black-owned Eateries, Shops, and Tours
Perhaps it’s appropriate that the roots of “We Shall Overcome” trace back to Charleston. Originating as a song Black women sang during the American Tobacco Company labor strike in 1945 and 1946, it grew into an anthem of the country’s civil rights movement. But for centuries, the South Carolina city has encompassed that spirit amid a complicated and storied history that’s being spotlighted in the new edition of Explore Black Charleston Guide.