True Stories of Black South Carolina (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781596294059)

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 Spartanburg
woman 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.

Author: Damon L. Fordham
ISBN-10: 1596294051
ISBN-13: 9781596294059
Publisher: History Press
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2008
Pages: 168
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.50d