Searching Out the Hidden Stories of South Carolina’s Gullah Country

…”Penn Center, (a world-famous African-American cultural institution located on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, half a mile from the tiny town of St. Helena Island) was founded in 1862 as Penn School, the first educational institution in the South created for former slaves. In the 1950s, the school diversified its mission, serving as a retreat for activists and scholars and developing programs to promote economic sustainability. Two buildings on the site, Brick Baptist Church and Darrah Hall, will become part of the new Reconstruction Era National Historical Park, established by President Obama on Jan. 13, 2017…”