5 New Books for American History Lovers
May 28 , 2013 by AlexisI love history. I love it enough that I spent my college years reading it, writing about it, and listening to other history lovers talk about it. History comes in all stripes: Interested in the history of hip hop or rock? Great! As for me, my great loves are oral history and the history of photography. Some of my favorite afternoons were spent listening to my great-aunt's stories about her childhood and our loved ones. But, I can talk your ear off about photograpy's role in social causes.
Parent/Teacher
May 13 , 2013I love history. I love it enough that I spent my college years reading it, writing about it, and listening to other history lovers talk about it. History comes in all stripes: Interested in the history of hip hop or rock? Great! As for me, my great loves are oral history and the history of photography. Some of my favorite afternoons were spent listening to my great-aunt's stories about her childhood and our loved ones. But, I can talk your ear off about photograpy's role in social causes.
April 1963
April 30 , 2013 by Debbie BloomIn April 1963, U.S Attorney General Robert Kennedy arrived in Columbia to speak about the Kennedy administration’s concern about segregation and racial discrimination. While Kennedy praised South Carolina for the peaceful integration of Harvey Gantt into Clemson College he predicted that racial troubles will worsen “unless real progress is made”.
March 1963
March 7 , 2013 by Debbie BloomCivil rights news moved away from Harvey Gantt and drifted back home to the midlands in March 1963.
Celebrate Black History Month
February 14 , 2013Fifty years after the end of segregation, Columbia is taking a hard look back at its civil rights struggles and racial progress.
I, Too, Am America
February 5 , 2013 by Ashley WarthenThe Coretta Scott King Award is given by the American Library Association (ALA) annually to outstanding African American authors and illustrators. This year’s recipient was Bryan Collier, an artist whose work is no stranger to the ALA. The winning illustrations are presented in the book entitled I, Too, Am America, a short but powerful poem written by Langston Hughes, in which Collier beautifully portrays strength in the face of adversity with his watercolor washed collages. Collier has illustrated more than 20 books in his career, collecting several Coretta Scott King awards as well as three Caldecott Honors.
Integrating Columbia's Lunch Counters
January 31 , 2013 by Debbie BloomFor 8 1/2 minutes 50 Allen and Benedict students sat down at the "white" lunch counter in Woolworth's on March 2, 1960. The Woolworth'sDepartment Store at the 1400 block of Main Street was one of several stores students protested on that Wednesday. According to The State newspaper the students sat down, read a bible and left. There was no violence. There were no arrests.
Annie Greene Nelson
January 30 , 2013 by Debbie BloomSometimes, at Richland Library, we forget the many talented Columbians that we have had the pleasure of honoring and admiring over our long history. Recently, we were reminded of popular novelist Annie Greene Nelson. Nelson was awarded the Lucy Hampton Bostick award from the Friends of Richland Library on February 13, 1989. Her 300 admirers, the largest crowd ever for the Bostick award ceremony, celebrated her accomplishments that day.