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Guest speakers Ramona La Roche, Ph. D., and Hermina Glass Hill will presenting about the first African American nurse, Susie King Taylor, for Women’s History Month on March 20, 2018 in the downtown Palmer Amphitheater. Dr. La Roache will come dressed as Susie King Taylor and will share her extensive knowledge in the voice of her character. Susie King Taylor, formerly enslaved, was the first African American to teach openly in a school for former slaves in Georgia. She also became the first African American nurse during the Civil War. As the author of Reminiscences of My Life in Camp with the 33d United States Colored Troops Late 1 st S.C. Volunteers , she was the only African American women to publish a memoir of her wartime experiences. Ramona La Roche, Ph.D. is a Cultural Heritage Information Scientist.  A recent Institute of Library and Museum Services (ILMS): Cultural Heritage Informatics Leadership (CHIL) Fellow, she received her doctorate from the University of SC’s College...

On May 13, 1862, Robert Smalls, a crew of other enslaved sailors, and their families sailed out of the Charleston Harbor to freedom on a Confederate ship they handed over to Union forces. For this and many other notable accomplishments, Smalls looms large in the history of South Carolina, and Charleston, in particular. While Smalls was largely written out of South Carolina history for a number of years, his story could not be contained or controlled. Smalls has been honored with a monument at Charleston Waterfront Park, with numerous books and events, and now with an event at Trident Technical College - Downtown Palmer Campus.  A picture taken at Charleston Waterfront Park from the Post and Courier article " Robert Smalls Lauded as Civil Rights Pioneer " Join us for the 2018 Palmer Black History Month Spotlight program, "African Americans in Times of War: The Robert Smalls Story," on February 21, 2018, from 10:30-11:30 in the Palmer Amphitheater. The event will feat...

On May 13, 1862, Robert Smalls, a crew of other enslaved sailors, and their families sailed out of the Charleston Harbor to freedom on a Confederate ship they handed over to Union forces. For this and many other notable accomplishments, Smalls looms large in the history of South Carolina, and Charleston, in particular. While Smalls was largely written out of South Carolina history for a number of years, his story could not be contained or controlled. Smalls has been honored with a monument at Charleston Waterfront Park, with numerous books and events, and now with an event at Trident Technical College - Downtown Palmer Campus.  A picture taken at Charleston Waterfront Park from the Post and Courier article " Robert Smalls Lauded as Civil Rights Pioneer " Join us for the 2018 Palmer Black History Month Spotlight program, "African Americans in Times of War: The Robert Smalls Story," on February 21, 2018, from 10:30-11:30 in the Palmer Amphitheater. The event will feat...

This year's focus for our events and displays is to salute our military, and particularly the contributions of African Americans to the military.  On this date in 1973, the Paris Peace Accords arranged a ceasefire to take place on midnight, officially ending American involvement in the Vietnam War. This 20-year war was devastating to the people—not just the armies, but the Vietnamese civilians—and the environment of Vietnam, as napalm and defoliants burned and destroyed plant life. The Vietnam War saw the highest proportion of African Americans to ever to serve in an American war. During the height of the U.S. involvement, 1965-69, African Americans, who formed 11 percent of the American population, made up 12.6 percent of the soldiers in Vietnam.  The majority of these were in the infantry, and although authorities differ on the figures, the percentage of African American combat fatalities in that period was a staggering 14.9 percent, a proportion that subsequently declined. ...