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#TBT: Motel Simbeth + Cornwell Tourist Home
Thursday, February 21st 2019
We’ve talked about the Green Book before in this series, but here’s a refresher: As automobile travel grew increasingly popular from the 1930s through the 1960s, African Americans found themselves faced with what historian Gretchen Sorin called “an uncertain landscape,” much of which was “composed of white spaces where black...
#TBT: Who is Modjeska Monteith Simkins?
Thursday, February 8th 2018
For more than sixty years, Modjeska Monteith Simkins used the wooden cottage at the corner of Elmwood and Marion St. as both a home and a headquarters. One of the greatest human rights advocates in South Carolina's history, Modjeska Monteith Simkins led the charge for equality tirelessly her entire adult...
Park It: Columbia’s Green Spaces Reconstructed
Friday, October 26th 2018
If Forest Acres is a City Apart, then Columbia is a City of Parks. There’s Finlay Park in the heart of downtown, the Riverwalk along the Congaree, the tail-wagging Bark Park in NoMa, Riverbanks Zoo and the Botanical Garden, Carolina’s Horseshoe, and Main Street’s cute-as-a-button pocket park. Oh – and...
Jubilee Turned 40 in 2018
Thursday, September 13th 2018
2018 marked the 40th anniversary of the Jubilee: Festival of Black History and Culture, making it the longest-running festival in recent Columbia history. Since 1978, Columbians have gathered on the grounds of the Mann-Simons Site at the corner of Richland and Marion streets to celebrate African American culture, cuisine and...
#TBT: Mid-Century Mod
Thursday, January 11th 2018
This is part of our #TBT collaboration with Cola Today.
TBT: Santa in a spaceship to 1953
Sunday, January 7th 2018
This is part of a #TBT collaboration with Cola Today