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BRACK: Beaufort to become national hub of Reconstruction history

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | Sandwiched between the Southern stains of slavery and oppressive Jim Crow laws were a few years of mostly forgotten history, the Reconstruction era.

In the months ahead, the Beaufort area is poised to become the nation’s hub for rediscovering and understanding the promise of Reconstruction to newly-freed slaves as they started to engage in America by voting, buying land and living in freedom.

by Andy Brack · 03/04/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views

3/4: The long hike; Beaufort and Reconstruction; Home tips

IN THIS EDITION

FOCUS: Headed out to hike the Appalachian Trail … again
COMMENTARY, Brack: Beaufort to become national hub of Reconstruction history
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: South Carolina Ports Authority
REAL ESTATE: What you need to know about maintenance of your home
GOOD NEWS: New director hired for public library system
FEEDBACK: Palm’s right on the money about folly of I-526 extension
MYSTERY PHOTO: There’s a big clue in this photo mystery
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Reconstruction (part 1 of 2)
CALENDAR: Columbia Ballet to stage production based on Green’s paintings

by Charleston Currents · 03/04/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

GOOD NEWS: A big win for our coast

Staff reports | Coastal elected and environmental leaders are tickled pink that the Obama Administration last week reversed itself on the potential for offshore gas and oil development in the Atlantic Ocean.

The plan was opposed by more than two dozen coastal South Carolina communities, including Charleston and Beaufort. Both of the towns’ mayors met with White House officials on March 14, the day before the reversal was announced.