Charleston

“The Mission of the University of Charleston is to educate each student for a life of productive work, enlightened living, and community involvement.” — As a university that not only takes pride in their academics and programming, the University of Charleston’s Mission is to provide students with the skills they need to become productive, literate citizens in the community, the workforce, and even globally. The Liberal Learning Outcomes are effectively integrated into each class, as well as…

twenty-six are considered “forgotten”. The forgotten counties are regarded as such due to their high poverty, unemployment, and crime rates, as well as poor health, education systems, and general quality of life (according to an essay published in the Charleston City Paper). These areas are not dismal because there is nobody to make changes. In fact, quite the contrary is true. Despite being…

The hostility between the industrious North and agricultural South reached its peak in 1861 when the Civil War began at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina (Adams 333). During the progression of the war, the amount of money acquired from the selling of bonds and tariffs was not enough to keep the national debt from increasing (Brownlee 61). The year before the war began, the federal defense budget was approximately thirty-seven percent of the overall federal budget of $78 million. In 1865…

hope. In a way, the music was more rebellious with its upbeat tone that the people loved to dance to, which was looked down upon. With jazz becoming more popular, dancing was becoming ever more popular. Before long, the more famous dances like the Charleston, the Shimmy, and the Foxtrot came to be. Dancing to this upbeat type music soon became the norm of entertainment of music and was surprisingly important once it was accepted.. Not long after jazz became popular, the radio was invented. Not…

Whenever racism is mention the first thing that comes to my mind is slavery in America, and the aftermath of it. White people believe that they were better than those black people and slavery was not immoral. After slavery ended because of emancipation the slaves were supposed to be treated equally to white but that wasn’t the outcome. African Americans was faced with discrimination and prejudice; white people were trying their best from allowing the black race to advance in American society.…

physician, scientist, inventor, and humanitarian.”1 He was born in Charleston, S.C. on Oct. 3, 1803. His parents were of Scottish-Irish descent from the West Indies and must have been financially secure, as they provided him with a sound education. During this time period, basic education was minimal and only affluent and wealthy people could afford any form of higher learning. “His early education was received in the schools of Charleston and he graduated from the College of Physicians and…

HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDING SURVEY Drayton Hall (3380 Ashley River Rd) HABS NO. SC-377 Location: 3380 Ashley River Rd, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina 29414 Present Owner/ Occupant: National Trust for Historic Preservation Present Use: The National Trust for Historic Preservation allows the site to be open to the public since 1977 after the house was placed in historic preservation hands Significance: “Built between 1738 and 1742, Drayton Hall is one of the finest…

Exploring African-American Culture: The Harlem Renaissance The Harlem Renaissance started in 1920, in Harlem, New York. The Harlem Renaissance created a big uproar of the African American Culture when they emigrated from the south to north. It expressed the African American culture and brought it alive. The Harlem Renaissance unified other races, making African American culture, a trend. The Harlem Renaissance contributed to the growth of the emerging African American culture in the post slavery…

documents presented in the book, students can infer on the living conditions, their encounters and feelings of these teenagers. Eliza Yonge Wilkinson was a 19 year old female patriot at the time that the British attempted to capture the city of Charleston, South Carolina. Though unsuccessful, the city was recaptured four years later on May 12, 1780. She witnessed all the turmoil that the colonists have been through when being ransacked by the British armies.…

The horrors of segregation, the Civil Rights Movement, and the struggle against oppressors all brought to light the darkness and hypocrisy behind the flag which stood for equal rights for all. The part which frightens me the most is the fact that we thought we progressed as a nation past racism, yet the recent rumblings in the political and social sphere show that we still have much work to do. In Eyes on the Prize, Emmett Till, nonviolence with MLK Jr., and white culture are topics which stood…