TJ Wallace

On March 26, 2020, the South Carolina State Library will host a special presentation on “A War on Two Fronts,” a traveling exhibit documenting the injustices faced by 1.4 million African Americans fighting during World War II. (This event was rescheduled from February 6 due to severe weather.) Dr. Maggi Morehouse, a History Professor at … Read more

“The South Carolina Events That Changed America” is a permanent exhibit at the new Cecil Williams Museum and Institute for Social Innovation in Orangeburg. The Cecil Williams Museum is the only museum in South Carolina dedicated to the topic of Civil Rights and offers comprehensive documentation of almost all of South Carolina’s Civil Rights events, … Read more

The University of South Carolina Beaufort will present programming promoting cross-cultural awareness on campus and in the community during February 2020. “Eyes on the Prize: 2020 Vision – African American History Month at USCB” will kick off on January 20, 2020 with a day of service and voter registration drive in honor of Martin Luther … Read more

Southern Wesleyan University will host a literary festival on February 21, 2020 titled “South Carolina Real and Imagined” that will feature jury-selected student writers from high schools and universities as well as talks by two published writers and other events. SC Humanities supported this program with a Fast Track Literary Grant. Jury-selected student writers from … Read more

In January and February 2020, the York County Library will offer a “community-wide” reading program – with a twist! Through the “York County Library Community Reads Program of Kindness,” library patrons of all ages will have the opportunity to read a book with a kindness theme and then pay it forward into the community through … Read more

The Spartanburg Philharmonic will present “Discovering the Banjo,” a series of outreach programs, film screenings, and teaching artist residencies to accompany two performances by noted banjo performers Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn that are part of their regular season and their Bluegrass Spartanburg program. SC Humanities supported this programming with a Major Grant. Throughout the … Read more

SC Humanities is pleased to announce the 2020 Student Research Fellow: Abrahm Thrasher of Lander University. Student Research Fellowships are awarded annually on a competitive basis to undergraduate students in their sophomore or junior years attending an accredited university or college in South Carolina to explore research and scholarship in the humanities. The 2020 fellow will conduct … Read more

In December 2019 – January 2020, a group of Gullah community leaders, scholars, and performers from South Carolina and Georgia will visit Sierra Leone for ten days on a heritage tour focusing on the historic links between the Gullah people and Sierra Leoneans. A crew from SCETV will document the journey, which offers a unique … Read more