Making Gullah: A Black History Celebration & Conversation 

February 9th, 2023
6:00 p.m. ET
Hybrid & Free

2023 Black History Month speaker Dr. Melissa L. Cooper, author of Making Gullah: A History of Sapelo Islanders, Race, and the American Imagination, which examines the emergence of “the Gullah” in scholarly and popular works during the 1920s and the 1930s will be in conversation with Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens, Director of the Program in African American History. They’ll discuss Gullah/Geechee heritage, the history of its depiction, the realities of Black life in the Low Country, and their shared Gullah heritage.

Sponsored by The Program in African-American History

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Historical Happy Hour: Forget-Me-Not(ini): The Unexamined Life of Sarah Mapps Douglass

Tuesday, February 21st, at 7:00 pm

Virtual Event

Members: Free, Nonmembers: $10

Who was Sarah Mapps Douglass? An educator, an abolitionist, one of the first black women to enroll in medical school, and the creator of perhaps the earliest surviving signed painting by an African American woman. While her accomplishments are numerous, her name remains unknown. We’ll raise a Forget-Me-Not(tini) inspired by one of her earliest paintings, while we remember this remarkable Philadelphia woman. The ingredient list for our cocktail (and mocktail) will be sent roughly two weeks before the event.

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The Families’ Civil War: Collection Review with Dr. Holly Pinheiro

Thursday, March 9th, 6:00-6:45 pm

In-Person Event

Members: Free, Nonmembers: $10

Before Dr. Holly Pinheiro’s March 9th Book Talk, The Families’ Civil War: Black Soldiers and the Fight for Racial Justice, join us for a special in-person collection review of some of the Library Collection materials he used in his research, including Civil War recruiting materials and ephemera, maps, and more. Space is limited.

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The Families’ Civil War: Black Soldiers and the Fight for Racial Justice 

A Book Talk with Dr. Holly A. Pinheiro Jr.

Thursday, March 9th, 2023

Free & Hybrid

Taking a long view, from 1850 to the 1920s, Holly A. Pinheiro Jr. shows how Civil War military service worsened already difficult circumstances due to its negative effects on family finances, living situations, minds, and bodies. The Families’ Civil War provides a compelling account of the lives of USCT soldiers and their entire families but also argues that the Civil War was but one engagement in a longer war for racial justice.

Dr. Holly A. Pinheiro Jr. is an assistant professor of African American history at Furman University. He is the author of articles in American Nineteenth Century History, the African American Intellectual History Society’s Black Perspectives blog, and the Journal of the Civil War Era‘s Muster blog.

Sponsored by The Program in African-American History

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