All items featured below are available to Beaufort County Library cardholders.
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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 2 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.
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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.
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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.
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NPR's Black History Month Collection
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Downloadable Audiobooks for Adults
Instantly-available, downloadable audiobooks available in Hoopla Digital.
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Hidden Figures
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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.
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Beloved by Toni Morrison
Listen to the audiobook of "Beloved" in the cloudLibrary.
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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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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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Penn School
Penn School: A Selective List of Materials & Links
Compiled by the Library's Beaufort District Collection
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African-American Writings
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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
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Smokin' Joe Frazier (Book)
Smokin' Joe : the autobiography of a heavyweight champion of the world, Smokin' Joe Frazier by Joe Frazier with Phil Berger
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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.
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Mr. Civil Rights (PBS)
Mr. Civil Rights: Thurgood Marshall And The NAACP
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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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Native Son by Richard Wright
Instantly listen to the audiobook of this famous novel, available via Hoopla.
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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
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Music Albums: Downloadable
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28 Days
28 days: Moments in Black history that changed the world by Charles R. Smith, Jr.
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Hoopla Audiobooks for Kids
Instantly-available downloadable audiobooks from Hoopla Digital.