Mon, 30 Nov, 2026 at 02:30 pm UTC-05:00

A Seat at the Table: Black Republicans in Charleston During Reconstruction

Name: A Seat at the Table: Black Republicans in Charleston During Reconstruction
Start: 2026-11-30T14:30:00-05:00
Location: Charleston Atlantic Presbytery 4701 Park Place West, North Charleston, SC, United States, South Carolina 29405

Charleston Atlantic Presbytery 4701 Park Place West, North Charleston, SC, United States, South Carolina 29405 · North Charleston

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A Seat at the Table: Black Republicans in Charleston During Reconstruction

Michael Lyons will tell the story of a group of Black men who, with their white allies, built the Republican Party in Charleston and then ran the City Council for seven of the nine years of Reconstruction. They governed the city well and proved that Reconstruction could work. They were maligned in their own day and forgotten in ours.