HOURS & INFORMATION

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.


(CLICK ABOVE FOR MORE ABOUT US)
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Exhibition

"The Many Face 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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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 begger who inspired Dubose Heyward's Porgy, and Denmark Vesey, the architect of the great would-be slave rebellion of 1822. Learn about the black 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.

Booksigning: April 19, 2008
4:00 pm- 6:00 pm
McKinley Washington Auditorium
Book for sale in Gift Shop!

 

GALLERY TALK

The Charleston, S.C. Chapter of Links, Inc.

Presents

Two Women of Color

A program featuring two native Charleston women discussing their current involvement with Film making. Experience the pressures , glamour and excitement of Hollywood as viewed through the eyes of Emmy Award winning costume designer Dana Campbell. Travel with Lauren Waring as she  provides insight into her life and work as a documentary film maker.

The Gallery Talk will be held at the College of Charleston’s Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
125 Bull Street
Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 2:00 p.m.
The program is free and open to the public.
For more information call Gloria Bell at (843) 1792

 

 

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OF AVERY EVENTS.

 

COME AND VISIT AVERY
RECENT VISITOR COMMENTS

"A fine facility to impart rich history.
Should be on every visitor's itinerary."
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"A window into a new world - The American South."
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"A vital resource for higher education's re-discovery
of public progress and scholarship"
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"At last, some honest history!"
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