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Robert Smalls

1839 – 1915: A Selective List of Links & Materials Compiled by the Library's Beaufort District Collection

Lowcountry Digital Library (images)

View 92 images of African-American life in Northern Beaufort County in the "Phosphate, Farms and Family" collection in the Lowcountry Digital Library.

Lowcountry Digital Library (images)

View 11 images related to Black institutions and people in the Lucille Hasell Culp Collection in the Lowcountry Digital Library.

Civil War Black Soldiers & Sailors

Black Soldiers and Sailors during the Civil War : Selected Materials & Links Compiled by the Library's Beaufort District Collection

South Carolina State Library

Guide to Black History Month resources compiled by the SC State Library.

SC African-American History, More

"This open repository – created and maintained by SCIWAY as a public resource – seeks to collect reliable information about the black experience in South Carolina, from the long years of slavery to the present day." -SCIWAY.net

AfricanAmericanHistoryMonth.gov

A collaborative project of the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.

Hoopla Audiobooks

Instantly-available downloadable audiobooks from Hoopla Digital.

Downloadable Audiobooks for Adults

Instantly-available, downloadable audiobooks available in Hoopla Digital.

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The Underground Railroad

Read the eBook of award-winning "The Underground Railroad" by Colson Whitehead with the cloudLibrary.

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Hidden Figures

Audiobook Download now in Hoopla.

Reconstruction Period in SC

Reconstruction Period in Beaufort, South Carolina, 1862 – 1893 Compiled by the Library's Beaufort District Collection

Gullah Language

Beaufort History Moment: Gullah Language (YouTube) Produced by the Beaufort County Channel

Mitchelville

The First Freedman’s Village, A List of Materials & Links Compiled by the Library's Beaufort District Collection

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Beloved by Toni Morrison

Listen to the audiobook of "Beloved" in the cloudLibrary.

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The March (PBS)

Watch instantly on Hoopla.

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Penn School

Penn School: A Selective List of Materials & Links Compiled by the Library's Beaufort District Collection

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Roots (Audiobook)

Roots by Alex Haley. Listen to now on Hoopla.

African-American Writings

Audio Listen instantly on Hoopla

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Harriet Tubman, Combahee River Raid

A Selective List of Links & Materials. Compiled by the Library's Beaufort District Collection.

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Listen to the audiobook of this award-winning novel by Maya Angelou. Available via the cloudLibrary.

The Black Calhouns

The Black Calhouns: From Civil War to Civil Rights by Gail Lumet Buckley Place book on hold with your library card or eBook available in cloudLibrary: https://ebook.yourcloudlibrary.com/library/BeaufortCountyLibrary-document_id-hw8bmz9

Smokin' Joe Frazier (Book)

Smokin' Joe : the autobiography of a heavyweight champion of the world, Smokin' Joe Frazier by Joe Frazier with Phil Berger Place book on hold with your library card.

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American Experience Freedom Riders

American Experience: Freedom Riders (PBS) Watch instantly on Hoopla.

28 Days

28 days: Moments in Black history that changed the world by Charles R. Smith, Jr. Place book on hold with your library card.

Gateway to Freedom

Gateway to freedom : the hidden history of the underground railroad by Eric Foner Place book on hold with your library card.

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Dr. Buzzard & Root Work

Of the many root doctors and conjurers working in coastal South Carolina, the most famous was Stepheney Robinson, 1885 -1947, of St. Helena Island, aka “Dr. Buzzard.”... Written and compiled by the Library's Beaufort District Collection.

Jackie Robinson (PBS)

JACKIE ROBINSON, a two-part, four-hour film directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon tells the story of an American icon whose life-long battle for first class citizenship for all African Americans transcends even his remarkable athletic achievements. Watch instantly on Hoopla.

Slavery By Another Name (PBS)

Slavery By Another Name challenges one of America's most cherished assumptions - the belief that slavery in the US ended with Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation - by telling the harrowing story of how in the South, a new system of involuntary servitude took its place with shocking force. Watch instantly on Hoopla.

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Unforgiveable Blackness (PBS)

Ken Burns: Unforgivable Blackness - The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson Part 1 & 2 Watch instantly on Hoopla

Mr. Civil Rights (PBS)

Mr. Civil Rights: Thurgood Marshall And The NAACP Watch instantly on Hoopla.

Missionary Teachers to Freedmen

“Missionary Teachers to the Freedmen”

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Sam Doyle

Thomas “Sam” Doyle, 1906 – 1985 : A Selective List of Links & Materials Compiled by the Library's Beaufort District Collection

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The Half Has Never Been Told

(eBook) by Baptist, Edward E. eBook available in the cloudLibrary. https://ebook.yourcloudlibrary.com/library/BeaufortCountyLibrary-document_id-eserbr9 Audiobook available for instant download in Hoopla.

Native Son by Richard Wright

Instantly listen to the audiobook of this famous novel, available via Hoopla.

Slavery By Another Name

Slavery by another name : the re-enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II by Douglas A. Blackmon Place book on hold with your library card.

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