Black History Good Reads

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

McKenzie Beach Memories

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LANGUAGE & CULTURE

• Gullah Culture in America

• Africanisms and the Gullah Dialect

Gullah Culture in America

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HISTORY & CULTURE

• Sweetgrass Baskets and the Gullah Tradition

• The Carolina Rice Kitchen - The African Connection

• Black Rice

• Rice and Slaves

• Gullah Days

Gullah Days

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**All pictures that were used for each book had the author featured on them.