From the Upstate to the Lowcountry; African Americans have had a gigantic impact on the Palmetto State. Unfortunately; their stories are often overshadowed.Collected here for the first time; this selection of essays by historian Damon L. Fordham brings these stories to light. Rediscover the tales of Samuel Smalls; the James Island beggar who inspired DuBose Heyward�s Porgy; and Denmark Vesey; the architect of the great would-be slave rebellion of 1822. Learn about the blacks who lived and worked at what is now Mepkin Abbey; the Spartanburgwoman who took part in a sit-in at the age of eleven and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.�s visit to Charleston in 1967. These articles are well-researched and provide an enlightening glimpse at the overlooked contributors to South Carolina�s past.
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