{"product_id":"charlestons-avery-center-from-education-and-civil-rights-to-preserving-the-african-american-experience-revised-9781540203823","title":"Charleston's Avery Center: From Education and Civil Rights to Preserving the African American Experience (Revised)","description":"For 140 years, Charleston s Avery Research Center has been a hub of African American education and study in the South Carolina Lowcountry. No other institution compares to Avery s scope and impact on the black community in Charleston, and Avery s compelling story and rich history reflect that prominence. The influence of Avery s teachers and students on society in Charleston and the South is immeasurable; their legacy enduring. \u003cbr\u003eEstablished in 1865, the Avery Normal Institute educated Charleston s African American leaders and trained most of the area s black teachers. Avery flourished and emerged as a leading college preparatory institute, vital to Charleston s interracial environment. The list of important contributions by Avery s teachers and students includes the establishment of the Charleston chapter of the NAACP, a successful petition to secure positions for black teachers in the city s public schools, the fight for desegregation in the sixties, and the hospital strike of 1969 Charleston s last major civil rights confrontation. \u003cbr\u003eEdmund L. Drago artfully conveys Avery s history, from its beginnings during Reconstruction to its current incarnation as an African American research center under the auspices of the College of Charleston. With a new foreword by Avery Center Director W. Marvin Dulaney, this edition brings to bear a wealth of sources, including oral histories and private papers, to reveal the history of a vaunted institution. Charleston s Avery Center places Avery s story within a larger social and historical context, offering fascinating insight into the dynamics of race relations in Charleston, the Lowcountry, and the South.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDrago, Edmund L.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Edmund Drago is a history professor at the College of Charleston and a researcher at the Avery Center. His other publications include Black Politicians and Reconstruction in Georgia: A Splendid Failure. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eW. Marvin Dulaney is the director of the Avery Center and a professor of history at the College of Charleston. This is his second book.","brand":"History Press Library Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50505051832594,"sku":"9781540203823","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_578df290-b3ce-448c-a987-adbeafeaf841.jpg?v=1730832842","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/charlestons-avery-center-from-education-and-civil-rights-to-preserving-the-african-american-experience-revised-9781540203823","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}