History

219 features in History.

HistoryHow a Charleston-born judge’s dissent led to the landmark Brown v. Board of Education rulingHarlan Greene · June 2022HistoryFlashback: How the gracious tradition of Spoleto Festival’s post-performance parties beganCharleston Magazine Staff · MAY 2022HistoryHonoring the first Black women who graduated from College of Charleston 50 years agoHarlan Greene · MAY 2022HistoryLearn how the public treasure Colonial Lake came to beHarlan Greene · April 2022HistoryHow the Garden Club of Charleston has been beautifying the city for the past 100 yearsHarlan Greene · MARCH 2022HistoryCharleston NAACP chapter: leading the local movement for equality and social justice for more than 100 yearsHarlan Greene · February 2022HistoryLearn the history of Charleston’s long-standing Emancipation Day ParadeHarlan Greene · January 2022HistoryThe Great Fire of 1861 devastated the city, driving people away before Union troops shelled the streets during the Civil WarHarlan Greene · DECEMBER 2021HistoryHow the St. Cecilia Society helped establish the country’s practice of musical patronageHarlan Greene · November 2021HistoryThe fantasy world of Charleston author Robert Jordan and his “The Wheel of Time” sagaHarlan Greene · October 2021HistoryGet to know the Charleston man who opened a hopping, long-running Harlem jazz club in the 1920sHarlan Greene · September 2021HistoryGet to know the Charleston-born man who helped found a national organization to fight slaveryHarlan Greene · AUGUST 2021HistoryLearn about the legacy of artist Alice Ravenel Huger SmithHarlan Greene · JULY 2021HistoryHow celebrated author Armistead Maupin found pride in CharlestonHarlan Greene · JUNE 2021HistoryRemembering Septima P. Clark, the Civil Rights activist called the “Mother of the Movement” by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.Harlan Greene · MAY 2021HistoryDiscover the story behind Lady Baltimore—the novel and the confectionHarlan Greene · April 2021HistoryThe beginings of the City Market and how its story reflects the history of the cityHarlan Greene · MARCH 2021HistoryThe African American troops who secured the city of Charleston after the Civil WarHarlan Greene · FEBRUARY 2021HistoryHow KKBE started American Reform JudaismHarlan Greene · JANUARY 2021HistoryThe country’s first female publisher made headlines in CharlestonHarlan Greene · DECEMBER 2020HistoryCity of GraceHarlan Greene · NOVEMBER 2020HistoryBragging Rights - Discover the Legacy of the First Female Director of The Charleston MuseumHarlan Greene · OCTOBER 2020HistoryResidents had no warning before five storms devastated the LowcountryHarlan Greene · SEPTEMBER 2020HistoryHow Francis Salvador fought for the country’s independence Harlan Greene · AUGUST 2020HistoryBehind the sound of the Jenkins Orphanage BandHarlan Greene · JULY 2020HistoryCharleston's long history of quarantining Harlan Greene · JUNE 2020HistoryA daring midnight dash that changed historyHarlan Greene · MAY 2020HistoryDefining Moments In Charleston's History (2007-2019)Michael Coker Harlan Greene Stephen Hoffius Stephanie Hunt & Suzannah Smith MilesHistoryDefining Moments In Charleston's History (1984-2006)Michael Coker Harlan Greene Stephen Hoffius Stephanie Hunt & Suzannah Smith MilesHistoryDefining Moments In Charleston's History (1953-1978)Michael Coker Harlan Greene Stephen Hoffius Stephanie Hunt & Suzannah Smith MilesHistoryDefining Moments In Charleston's History (1920-1947)Michael Coker Harlan Greene Stephen Hoffius Stephanie Hunt & Suzannah Smith MilesHistoryDefining Moments In Charleston's History (1878-1919)Michael Coker Harlan Greene Stephen Hoffius Stephanie Hunt & Suzannah Smith MilesHistoryDefining Moments In Charleston's History (1860-1877)Michael Coker Harlan Greene Stephen Hoffius Stephanie Hunt & Suzannah Smith MilesHistoryDefining Moments In Charleston's History (1786-1855)Michael Coker Harlan Greene Stephen Hoffius Stephanie Hunt & Suzannah Smith MilesHistoryDefining Moments In Charleston's History (1739-1785)Michael Coker Harlan Greene Stephen Hoffius Stephanie Hunt & Suzannah Smith MilesHistoryDefining Moments in Charleston's History (1663-1736)Michael Coker Harlan Greene Stephen Hoffius Stephanie Hunt & Suzannah Smith MilesFlashbackHat TipAiyanna Lollis · APRIL 2020HistoryThe day South Carolina began to determine her own destinyHarlan Greene · MARCH 2020HistoryFarm to TableLiz Torpey · FEBRUARY 2020HistoryThe lasting impact of Francis Cardozo and the Avery Normal SchoolHarlan Greene · FEBRUARY 2020HistoryWhere Charles Town got its nameHarlan Greene · JANUARY 2020HistoryCorner StoreAlly Bush · DECEMBER 2019HistoryBorn into slavery: Denmark Vesey’s LegacyHarlan Greene · DECEMBER 2019HistoryFair PlayLiz Torpey · NOVEMBER 2019HistoryThe great wild, rice-field turkey, once the Lowcountry's cream of the cropDavid Shields · NOVEMBER 2019HistoryHarriet Tubman and the Lowcountry river raid that liberated more than 700 enslaved peopleHarlan Greene · NOVEMBER 2019HistoryBeacon of HopeHarlan Greene · OCTOBER 2019HistoryTelling TalesLiz Torpey · OCTOBER 2019