Charleston Oral History Program at the Citadel

Charleston Hispanic Festival Posters.
The Tri-County Hispanic American Association (TCHA) was founded in 1986 to promote the Hispanic culture and organize community events. THCA was instrumental in the creation of what today is known as the Charleston County Latin-American Festival.
These posters were preserved and generously shared by Juana Bosch and Carmen Rigonan. They are part of the digital archive Aquí Estamos.


Posters del Festival Hispano de Charleston
La Asociacion Hispana del Tri-county (THCA por sus siglas en inglés) fue fundada en 1986 con el propósito de promover eventos culturales y comunitarios. THCA fue instrumental en la creación de lo que hoy conocemos como el Festival Latino American de Charleston County.
Estos posters foman parte del archivo digital Aquí Estamos. Fueron preservados y generosamente compartidos por Juana Bosch y Carmen Rigonan.

We are excited to announce that Grassroots Politics and Protest in Recent Charleston History, a new collection of oral histories from the Citadel's Charleston Oral History Program, is now available to the public through the Lowcountry Digital Library.
Graduate students enrolled in the Oral History of Modern Charleston class (Spring 2021) conducted the interviews. The result of their collaborative work is a remarkable collection focused on local activists involved in a diverse range of organizations from the Tea Party through Black Lives Matter.
This collection will be of tremendous value to students and researchers as it explores the recent rise of extra-parliamentary or grassroots politics as a response to Americans’ declining confidence in our formal democratic institutions and processes. Check it out shorturl.at/eotZ9 !
In the coming weeks, we will be sharing highlights of the interviews. Stay tuned!

The Oral History Association announces funding of up to $4,000 to undertake oral history research in situations of crisis in the United States and internationally. These funds may be applied to travel, per diem, or transcription costs for research in places and situations in which a longer application time schedule may be problematic. Such crisis situations include but are not limited to wars, natural disasters, political and or economic/ethnic repression, or other currently emerging events of crisis proportions.

https://www.oralhistory.org/award/emerging-crisis-research-fund/

Five years ago Liz Alston, the historian at the Mother Emanuel AME Church spoke to students in our oral history class "Race, Memory, and Reconciliation" about the congregation's efforts to archive the many gifts left at the church in the wake of the June 2015 killing of 9 church members. Ms. Alston, who passed away this week, was always very generous in speaking to our history students on campus and at the church.

Mother Emanuel AME Church- Preservation and documentation 0ct 25, 2016 Liz Alston, Mother Emanuel historian, and Meg Moughan Archivist of the City of Charleston speak to students of the class "Race, Memory and Reconciliation" ab...

Remembering Abe Jenkins, a great teacher, organizer, and humanitarian. Almost three years ago, Abe and his father shared the history of the Johns Island Progressive Club and Sea Island human rights movement with group of visiting Citadel cadets. https://www.postandcourier.com/news/abe-jenkins-jr-defender-of-johns-island-and-restorer-of-the-progressive-club-dies-at/article_5a22dde8-7937-11ec-932c-c7ed24dd0e0b.html

Thank you Abe and Bill Jenkins for hosting Mayor Riley's students at the historic Progressive Club and Moving Star Hall. This was a tremendous opportunity to learn a bit of the history of Esau Jenkins, Septima Clark, Bernice Robinson, Bill Saunders, and the Progressive Club community. It was a memorable visit and we look forward to returning.

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SC Humanities Awards $61,000 in Grants The South Carolina Humanities Board of Directors awarded more than $61,000 in Major Grants to 9 cultural organizations after a September 24, 2021

We invite you to register today for the Oral History Association's 2021 conference. Registration and more information is available at https://www.oralhistory.org/annual-meeting/

Voices from Afghanistan: A Serviceman and Veterans Reflect on the 20-year War A serviceman who helped evacuate Afghan refugees after Kabul fell, a veteran deployed nearly 20 years ago and a Citadel professor conducting an oral history project all reflect on the war in Afghanistan

Dr. Kerry Taylor's HIST 320: The Practice of Oral History students spent time in Hampton Park this week
as they discussed the South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition (1901-1902) and its relationship with Charleston's industrialization.
The Citadel Charleston Oral History Program at the Citadel City of Charleston, SC Government City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs

Riley's "Making of the International African American Museum" course airing on C-SPAN | The Citadel Today The course featured leading global figures Riley engaged to contribute what Riley calls "the under-told stories of African American experiences."

A shout out to Melanie Delgado. Melanie is a Citadel undergraduate evening student majoring in Political Science and has been helping us with outreach, social media, and much more.