South Carolina: Precursor to the Movement

The United States Civil Rights Trail

In this episode, “Precursor to the Movement,” historians and experts help us explore critical 19th Century events that plunged the nation into a civil rights crisis. To learn more about the stories and places you hear about, you can visit Beaufort County, Hilton Head, Mitchelville and Union County. You can also visit the Reconstruction Era National Historic Park and The Penn Center. At the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Beaufort, you’ll see a bust of Robert Smalls, and nearby you’ll find the Gullah Museum of Hilton Head.

Click for more information:

• SC Legacy of Courage (https://discoversouthcarolina.com/civil-rights)
• https://greenbookofsc.com/
• https://civilrightstrail.com/

The episode features the voices and perspectives of:

• Michael Allen, retired National Parks Service historian
• Ahmad Ward, executive director of the Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park
• Michael Boulware Moore, Robert Smalls’s great-great grandson
• Kate Borchard Schoen, South Carolina State Parks historian