Bernard Powers, Professor
Director of African American Program
email:powersb@cofc.edu

Department of History
Office: Maybank 323
Phone: 953-8127

FOCUS on FACULTY

BERNARD E. POWERS, JR. (United States, African-American) received his Ph.D. from Northwestern University in 1982. His major work is Black Charlestonians: A Social History 1822-1885, (University of Arkansas Press,1994). which won a Choice Award for Best Academic Books in 1995. His article "Community Evolution and Race Relations in Reconstruction Charleston, S.C." was selected as one of the "Three Articles From A Century of Excellence" Centennial Volume 1900-2000 of The South Carolina Historical Magazine 101 (July 2000): 214-233. He is presently conducting research on the history of the A.M.E. Church in South Carolina.

Drayton Hall Research "If old walls could talk"...

Fall 2008:
HIST 201.001
HIST 216.001
HIST 202.001

Spring 2009