IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CHARLESTON LITERARY FESTIVAL (CLF)

South Carolina congressman James E. Clyburn’s new book The First Eight tells the powerful stories of pioneering Black politicians from South Carolina who were elected to Congress in the aftermath of the Civil War.

A unique blend of history and memoir, The First Eight is both a monument to the legacies of these eight trailblazing Americans, and also a clear-eyed appraisal of how far we’ve come, and how far we have left to go, in our nation’s ongoing struggle for true democracy.

In conversation with International African American Museum’s President & CEO Dr. Tonya M. Matthews.

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