Authors of SC featuring Dr. Walter Curry

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Join us Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 7pm for an author talk featuring Dr. Walter Curry. Dr. Curry's book, The Thompson Family: Untold Stories of the Past (1830-1960) is the first volume chronicling the family history of an African American family from Salley, South Carolina. Several narratives are featured, including a slave who purchased his freedom, a relative who served as a cook in the Confederate Army, a young relative who was tragically murdered, and a sharecropper who became a prominent soil conservationist. The book is the 2019 International African American Historical and Genealogical Society Book Award Winner. For registration and information, please visit our events calendar.

Upcoming Event

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Speaker at the Center: Silversmith Kaminer Haislip, "Charleston Silver, Past to Present"

August 7, 2025, 6:00 PM

Join us at the next installment of the Speaker at the Center series with Charleston silversmith Kaminer Haislip. Haislip's rice spoon was recently added to the Charleston Museum's collection and she has received a grant from SC Humanities to study silver techniques abroad. Kaminer will present a lecture titled Charleston Silver, Past to Present on the history of colonial Charleston silversmithing and how it relates to her contemporary silver designs.