Sleeping with the Ancestors: Talk and Book Signing

Speakers Bureau program featuring Joseph McGill and Herb FrazierLocation: Sumter County Museum (McKenzie Hall), 122 N. Washington Street, Sumter, SC 29150Free and open to the publicInfo: (803) 775-0908

Atlantic Beach Gullah Geechee Culture & Nature Festival

The Atlantic Beach Gullah Geechee South Carolina Organization will host its annual Culture & Nature Festival on June 23rd – 25th, 2023 on 30th Avenue South, the main street in Atlantic Beach. The event aims to highlight and celebrate the historical relevance of Atlantic Beach and the Gullah Geechee values of resilience, self-sufficiency, and tenacity. … Read more

Historic SC Ghosts and Legends

Speakers Bureau: Humanities Out Loud program with Pat McNeelySponsored by Old Pendleton District Genealogical Society with support from SC HumanitiesOpen to the publicInfo: 864-933-3013

Gullah Geechee History and Culture

Presented by Donald Sweeper through the Speakers Bureau: Humanities Out Loud programSponsored by the Friends of the Surfside Beach Library with support from SC HumanitiesLocation: Surfside Beach Library, 410 Surfside Drive, Surfside Beach, SC 29575Open to the publicInfo: 843-915-6283

Use of Plants by American Indians

Speakers Bureau: Humanities Out Loud program featuring scholar Gail WagnerSponsored by Chesterfield District Chapter of the SC Genealogical Society with support from SC HumanitiesLocation: Old Chesterfield Courthouse, 100 Main Street, Chesterfield SC, 29709 Info: (843) 634-6447

Touring the Tombstones

Speakers Bureau: Humanities Out Loud program featuring scholar Ruth MillerSponsored by The Colleton County Memorial Library with support from SC HumanitiesLocation: The Colleton County Memorial Library, 600 Hampton Street, Walterboro, South Carolina 29488Free and open to the publicInfo: (843) 549-5621

If I Were a Book: Storying Our Lives

Featuring Speakers Bureau: Humanities Out Loud scholar Suzie Parker DeVoe presenting on Charlotte Forten or Susie King TaylorSponsored by the Gender Studies Program at Francis Marion UniversityThe event will feature several speakers at stations, and attendees will be able to move around from station to stationLocation: Francis Marion University, 4822 E. Palmetto Street, Florence, SC … Read more