Avery Institute of Afro-American History and Culture

09/01/2017

The College of Charleston's Race and Social Justice Initiative, the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture, and the South Carolina League of Women Voters are pleased to present a free screening of Ava DuVernay's award winning documentary 13th. DuVernay demonstrates that slavery has been perpetuated in practices since the end of the American Civil War through such actions as criminalizing behavior and enabling police to arrest poor freedmen and force them to work for the state under convict leasing; suppression of African Americans by disenfranchisement, lynchings and Jim Crow; politicians declaring a war on drugs that weigh more heavily on minority communities and, by the late 20th century, mass incarceration of people of color in the United States. She examines the prison-industrial complex and the emerging detention-industrial complex, demonstrating how much money is being made by corporations from such incarcerations.

Reserve your spot today!

Tickets: http://rsji.cofc.edu/event/avery-fall-film-screening-presents-13th/

08/18/2017

10/26/2016

This is happening today during lunch! Hope to see you there!

Louise (Lucy) W. Knight is an author, lecturer and historian. She has written two biographies of Jane Addams.

10/26/2016

10/21/2016

The 2016 Colour of Music Festival at the Avery Research Center. Performances are at 6:00 p.m. on October 19–22, 2016 at the Avery Research Center (125 Bull Street, Charleston, SC)

Chamber Music Series

09/21/2016

TOMORROW! Lecture and Book Signing: “The Freedom Schools: A History of Student Activism in the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement,” Jon Hale, PhD, College of Charleston, Avery Research Center, Sept 22, 6pm

In this presentation, Dr. Jon N. Hale will discuss his recent publication, The Freedom Schools: A History of Student Activism in the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement (Columbia University Press, 2016). This book examines the history of the Mississippi Freedom Schools, a network of schools that advocated for full political, economic, and social equality in the 1960s by adopting a progressive curriculum and providing students with opportunities for political engagement during the civil rights movement. Drawing upon rich archival sources and dozens of oral histories, this book provides a social history of the Freedom Schools from the students’ and teachers’ perspectives to provide insight into how and why students enrolled, what their experiences were, how education was used to contest inequality, and what impact these schools had on the civil rights movement. Those who participated in the Freedom Schools subsequently joined the front lines by boycotting their schools, organizing protests in the hometowns, and demanding a quality education in the era of desegregation. The legacy of their work deepens our understanding of the civil rights movement and it demonstrates how many of the promises of the movement remain unfulfilled.

Dr. Jon Hale is an Associate Professor of Educational History at the College of Charleston. His research focuses on the use of education among activists during the civil rights movement of the twentieth century.

09/21/2016

Join us for this year's conference as we reveal results from economic impact study. There will be workshops on where to get resources for tourism related businesses or ideas. There will also be workshops on marketing, promotion, and public relation strategies. Learn how to can join the most promisin...

07/01/2016

The Avery Research Center will be closed on Monday, July 4, 2016 in observance of Independence Day. The Avery Research Center will reopen to the public at normal business hours on Tuesday, July 5, 2016. Have a safe and enjoyable holiday!

06/17/2015

The Avery Research Center will be closed to the public tomorrow (Thursday, June 18, 2015) due to building maintenance. Normal business hours should resume on Friday, June 19, 2015.

06/11/2015

Please come out to the Avery Institute's 2015 Annual Meeting on Saturday, June 13, 2015 at 2pm at the Avery Research Center. The annual meeting is free and open to the public. There will be a panel discussion on The History of Avery - 150 Years moderated by Dr. Marlene O'Bryant-Seabrook with panelists including former Avery Institute student and teacher, Mrs. Cynthia McCottry-Smith; Avery graduate and the first Avery Institute President, the Honorable Lucille S. Whipper; and Avery Institute historian, Dr. Edmund Lee Drago. A reception will follow the meeting.