Camden Chat & Chew: The 1895 Segregation Fight in South Carolina

This story, long buried in old newspaper accounts, tells the forgotten saga of the six brave men who tried to stop the segregation laws from passing in South Carolina.  For three months, six Black leaders of the Reconstruction era argued eloquently at the State Constitutional Convention in the face of vile threats, racial insults, and united opposition, against enactment of the Jim Crow laws. This struggle would inspire those who remembered this incident and will inspire those who hear it today. Damon Fordham, adjunct professor at the Citadel in Charleston, comes to Camden to share the story of these six men and their fight for equality under the law.

(You bring your lunch and we will provide the learning opportunity!)