Join us next week on September 15 for the official launch of our 50th anniversary celebrations! This virtual roundtable will feature panelists who helped found our program & past directors who shaped AFAM Studies at UofSC. Register via Eventbrite: https://t.co/9JM2c0eFmT
#AFAM50
After the #VotingRightsAct was passed, thousands of African Americans registered to vote, & civil rights activists, organizers, & leaders urged people to exercise their newly guaranteed rights.
A copy of the act is held at the @uofscaroliniana https://t.co/ksRZcBkEy2.
Congrats to @UofSCHistory alumna @Historian_AR on this new piece in @JAAHistory! Saxon has a deep history in Sourh Carolina as an educator and organizer. She attended the Normal School here at @UofSC during Reconstruction (3rd from left in plaid) & taught for decades in Columbia.
Can’t close out the first week of #UofSCwelcome without the annual @AAAS_1968 cookout! 🎶 More about AAAS: https://t.co/sf9E02BeJ2
With more than 400 student organizations on campus, it’s easy to find your perfect fit. ➡️ https://t.co/vOXLg3RIPv
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was held #OnThisDay in 1963. Perhaps most famous for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, demonstrators demanded better integrated education, voting rights, a federal jobs program, and decent housing.
Please join us for our annual Oyster Roast event. Come out and enjoy live music, steamed oysters, a variety of food, craft beer and wine. #columbiasc#foodandfun#supportcommunitiesinschools
Check out "Oyster Roast at The Hall on Senate's End" https://t.co/7RpJ8AYBAI @Eventbrite
Please join us for our annual Oyster Roast event. Come out and enjoy live music, steamed oysters, a variety of food, craft beer and wine. #CommunitiesInSchoolsofTheMidlands#ColumbiaSC
Check out "Oyster Roast at The Hall on Senate's End" https://t.co/7RpJ8AYBAI @Eventbrite