How our port city was a leader in slowing the spread of diseases
Why Robert Smalls should be remembered as the Lowcountry’s Paul Revere
The Avery Normal School is home to College of Charleston's Avery Research Center for African American History and...
Had King Charles I of England not been beheaded on January 30, 1649, our history would certainly have turned out...
How the day Vesey won his freedom changed the course of history
A tale of a prized, bygone gobbler
After the Civil War started, Harriet Tubman joined the Union Army and led a raid up the Combahee River between...
Before the South Carolina flag’s famous palmetto, there was a different tree that just may have made the Palmetto State...
Historically, the secret to surviving Charleston summers had been the same for centuries—either leave or somehow catch...
The 85th anniversary of the famous composer’s visit to Charleston to write the score of Porgy & Bess
How the Jenkins Orphanage launched many musical careers
With a lane designated just for them, the city’s early cyclists rode across the Ashley more than a century ago
The Hospital Workers’ Movement began 50 years ago this March
