James Island (S.C.)

Abstract Alada Shinault-Small, MA, CIG, is a Charleston storyteller, writer, historian, artistic and cultural consultant on African American and Gullah-related topics. Shinault-Small conducted the interviews for this collection while a graduate student in history at the University of Charleston/The Citadel. Shinault-Small serves as Director of Operations for Sights and Insights Tours, Inc. The collection holds four oral histories with different African American women in the Charleston...

Abstract The Avery Research Center Sea Islands oral histories collection contains 50 individual oral history interviews conducted by Avery Research Center employees with people who are from the South Carolina and Georgia Sea Islands or lived and worked in the sea islands while adults. Some of the oral histories donated to the Avery Research Center, but not conducted by Avery Research Center employees, are also included in this collection. A wide range of topics are discussed in these oral histories...