OCT. 16, 2018 | The rich marshes and waters of the coastal Lowcountry around Beaufort County provided the backdrop for a day of interviews with a leading Republican state senator and Gullah leader.
In Beaufort, S.C. State Sen. Tom Davis discussed the notion of American exceptionalism in the context of today’s politics and how President Donald Trump has been tapping into an ingrained sense among many Americans about how the American experiment with democracy is what makes the country great.
On nearby St. Helena Island, Gullah historian and leader Emory Campbell of Hilton Head Island described how enslaved Africans lived and survived. At the historic Penn Center, he outlined how Penn Center was founded in 1862 as the first school in the state for former slaves. Later, he guided Bruce Hawker to a nearby picturesque marsh where a cottage was built for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who was never able to enjoy it because of his assassination in 1968.
Beaufort, S.C.
St. Helena Island, S.C.
