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Saturday, September 19th

12 — 3 p.m.

Jubilee: Festival of Black History & Culture

Virtual Attendance Only

Historic Columbia (HC) held a virtual Jubilee: Festival of Black History & Culture presented by Bank of America from noon-3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 19. The tradition of coming together to celebrate South Carolina’s Black history and culture carried on through the online event held virtually due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing recommendations. Browse the videos below for 

  • A virtual tour of the Mann-Simons Site and a preview of new exhibits at the Modjeska Monteith Simkins House.  
  • Discussions between generations of Columbia activists as they shared their stories of inspiration and achievement from the 20th century to today’s Black Lives Matter movement.  
  • Musical guests AE the Cool, hip-hop artists Anfernee and Matt Monday, as well as IndigoSOUL. 

  • Matt Monday

  • Anfernee

  • AE the Cool

  • IndigoSOUL

42nd Jubilee Videos

  • Zion Baptist Church

  • Oral History Activity

    Download the Activity Packet

  • Eckerd's

  • Jubilee Opening

  • Tour of Mann-Simons

  • IndigoSOUL

  • Redfern & Nathaniel

  • Anfernee

  • Williams & Rush

  • Mary Graham-Grant

  • AE the Cool

  • Hardy & Clervaud

  • Simkins Exhibit Preview

  • Matt Monday

  • Jubilee Closing

  • State House

  • Township Auditorium

  • History of Jubilee

Presented by

Production of Virtual Festival by

  • WACH Fox 57 news logo
  • Palmetto Citizens credit union logo
  • Columbia Chapter of Links organization logo
  • Providence Health organization logo
  • Publix grocery store logo
  • The Big DM radio station logo
  • SCPRT organization logo

More on Jubilee

Watch Jubilee online

How to watch the 2020 Jubilee: Festival of Black History & Culture

By: Staff, Historic Columbia

A Jubilee like you’ve – literally – never seen before is coming Saturday! While we’d love for you to be joining us at the Mann-Simons Site and enjoying an in-person celebration of Black history and culture, the current times have forced us to make a few tweaks in order to...

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Dawn enjoying the festivities at last year's Jubilee.

Jubilee: Festival of Black History and Culture

By: Dawn Mills Campbell

Dawn enjoying the festivities at last year's Jubilee. What’s not to love about Columbia? After all, it is a real southern hot spot. But when one of the largest, continuously running outdoor festivals is hosted in a real southern hot spot, everyone is in for a treat. I’m talking about...

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