Video: Why Mitchelville Matters to Me, Duration: 05:13

Mitchelville

Video: Why Mitchelville Matters to Me, Duration: 05:13

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The National Park Service provides a video narration of a personal account of the significance of Mitchelville - one of the first self-governing Black communities on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Themes include: the narrator's thoughts on his childhood perceptions of history and the need to teach and learn a more inclusive history. Historical photographs and other documents are included.

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National Park Service (Contributor: Charles Bogguess)

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