Black Carolinians Speak: Portraits of a Pandemic
Exhibit of African American Expressions captured in this oral history program is now open through Friday, Sept. 17, 2021
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A video overview of the project can be found here.
An exhibit of some of the paintings, drawings, photographs and interview excerpts collected in this year-long oral history project is open at the SC Archives and History Center at 8301 Parklane Road, Columbia, SC 29223, from Friday, July 16, 2021, through Friday, Sept. 17, 2021. The exhibit is available daily (EXCEPT SUNDAYS) from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
All submissions to this oral history project eventually will become part of the permanent archival record at the SC Department of Archives and History.
Pictured is the drawing “Not the Target” submitted to the project by Keith Tolen of Richland County.
Black Carolinians Speak: Portraits of a Pandemic is an effort to record the experiences of African Americans in South Carolina as related to the Coronavirus pandemic. The brainchild of Michael Allen, this initiative seeks to gather first-person testimonies, letters, music, images, art, and other documents that capture the experiences of African Americans in South Carolina during the global pandemic of 2020. Click the button below to learn more and/or to submit your story.
