Come and browse through our selection of books that explore the historical contributions of African heritage and culture.
BOOKS BY LOCAL AUTHORS
Ramona La Roche, Black American Series for Georgetown County
Steve Williams, Ebony Effects and 24 Extraordinary people who made a Difference
Damon L. Fordham, True Stories of Black South Carolina
Robert Insley, Renty’s Bell
Barnwell, Black, Shaw, Campbell, Gullah Days - Helton Head Islanders
Before the Bridge
Ford and other authors of McKenzie Beach
Sandy Island, Forever, a collaboration of essays and images
FOLKLORE & NARRATIVES
We Lived in a Little Cabin in the Yard
On Jordan’s Stormy Banks, Voices of Carolina Slave Children, Before and After Freedom
Renty’s Bell, The Freedom Ship of Robert Smalls, Praying to be Set Free
Blacks in Georgetown County and South Carolina
Ebony Effects
Black American Series Georgetown County
101 African Americans Who Shaped South Carolina
Voices of Black South Carolina
24 Extraordinary people who made a difference
LANGUAGE & CULTURE
Gullah Culture in America
Africanisms and the Gullah Dialect
HISTORY & CULTURE
Sweetgrass Baskets and the Gullah Tradition
The Carolina Rice Kitchen - The African Connection
Black Rice
Rice and Slaves
Gullah Days
**All pictures that were used for each book had the author featured on them.
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