Historic Black Businesses of Beaufort, with Dr. Chanda Powell

About this event

NPS Ranger Dr. Chanda Powell will dive deep into the history of Black-owned businesses in Beaufort during the Reconstruction Era. Some of the businesses started by African Americans were blacksmiths, carpenters, restaurants, and more. Come learn with us! This local history program is co-sponsored by the BDC and BCBCC. Doors open at 1:30 PM. Speaker Bio: Chanda Powell is a native of North Carolina and attended North Carolina Central University in Durham, NC where she received her BA and MA in History and received her PhD at Howard University and majored in the African Diaspora and a minor in Public History. She has been a National Park Service ranger for nine years. She currently works at the Reconstruction Era National Historical Park located in Beaufort, South Carolina where she has an interest in Black history and culture and showing diasporic connections and learning from communities.