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OFFICE HOURS:
Monday - Friday
10:00am to 5:00pm
(except College of Charleston Holidays)

BUSINESS AND TOUR HOURS:
Monday - Friday
10:00am to 5:00pm

Saturday
12:00pm to 5:00pm

Phone: (843) 953-7609
Fax: (843) 953-7607

Avery Research Center for
African American History & Culture
College of Charleston
125 Bull Street
Charleston, SC 29401

OUR MISSION

The mission of the Avery Research Center is to collect, preserve,
and document the history and culture of African Americans in Charleston and the South Carolina Lowcountry.

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Exhibition

"The Many Faces of
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.:
A Pictorial Exhibit of Observance of the 40th Assassination of Dr. M. L. King, Jr."

The exhibit will be comprised of magazine covers, LP's, clothing, furniture, lapel pins, stamp cachets, Iconography and Ownership.

The exhibit is in the Cox Gallery through December 15, 2008.

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Exhibition

"Finding Priscilla's Children:
The Roots and Branches of Slavery"

June 2, 2008 - August 2, 2008

Finding Priscilla's Children: The Roots and Branches of Slavery, is an exhibition on the poignant story of Priscilla, a 10-year old African girl kidnapped into slavery in 1756. Her exile began in Sierra Leone West Africa, and ended in Charleston, South Carolina.

Using a rare documents, scholars have traced Priscilla's origin in Africa, her exile on the middle passage, and her life in bondage in America.

Scholars have used this document trail to identify one of Priscilla's modern descendants, an African American woman still living in South Carolina today, who recently made an extraordinary "homecoming" journey back to Sierra Leone.

Artist Dana Coleman holds his painting of his depiction of "Priscilla."Coleman’s image shows the enslaved child standing between two adult Africans who, like her, had been captured and marched to the sea to be sold to
European ships
Photo by Wade Spees/Charleston Post & Courier

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