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Distinguished Speakers Series, Event, Friends of Drayton Hall

Beginning in the 1970s, museum curators began to search for materials and artifacts they could use to interpret the black experience in the Americas…

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Distinguished Speakers Series, Event, Friends of Drayton Hall, Landscape, Portico, Sarah Stroud Clarke, Staff, Trish Smith, Uncategorized

The Friends of Drayton Hall are pleased to present the third season of the Drayton Hall Distinguished Speakers Series. Beginning with the opening event of the 2016 season, you’ll experience…

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Breaking News, Event, Landscape, Preservation, Uncategorized

Join us on January 29 and 30 for Breaking Ground and Building Bridges, a symposium that brings together leading scholars from Charleston’s preservation and history organizations to present new research…

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African American history, Research

By Ruth Ellen Gruber, Norman and Gerry Sue Arnold Distinguished Visiting Chair at the College of Charleston More than 20 years ago I wrote a book called Upon the Doorposts…

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African American history, Event, Research

On February 21, Drayton Hall President and Executive Director Dr. George W. McDaniel presented “Towards a More Complete History: Connecting Places and People by Engaging Descendants” at the highly acclaimed…

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African American history, Breaking News, Genealogy, Research, Staff

On February 21, Drayton Hall President and Executive Director Dr. George W. McDaniel will present “Towards a More Complete History: Connecting Places and People by Engaging Descendants” at the highly…

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