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Acclaimed civil rights photographer Cecil Williams, founder of the Cecil Williams South Carolina Civil Rights Museum talks with us this this time, along with Jannie Harriot, the museum’s Executive Director. Cecil began photographing the events and people of the Civil Rights era in the early 1950s and continued through the 1970s, eventually amassing nearly a million images. Now, in 2023, he and Jannie are committed to community engagement and are working to build a new home for the museum. We recently talked with them about the Civil Rights Movement, the importance of South Carolina in the movement, and their efforts to build a new home for the museum.
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Acclaimed civil rights photographer Cecil Williams, founder of the Cecil Williams South Carolina Civil Rights Museum talks with us this this time, along with Jannie Harriot, the museum’s Executive Director. Cecil began photographing the events and people of the Civil Rights era in the early 1950s and continued through the 1970s, eventually amassing nearly a million images. Now, in 2023, he and Jannie are committed to community engagement and are working to build a new home for the museum. We recently talked with them about the Civil Rights Movement, the importance of South Carolina in the movement, and their efforts to build a new home for the museum.

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