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**Walter Edgar’s Journal**

From books to barbecue, and current events to Colonial history, historian and author Walter Edgar delves into the arts, culture, and history of South Carolina and the American South. Produced by South Carolina Public Radio.

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Debris from homes damaged in the October 2015 floods in South Carolina. — **The Flood: Surviving & Rebuilding--Preparing for the Next One** Jan 25, 2016
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(SC Public Radio)
Dr. Susan Cutter knows about disasters.
She is director of the University of South Carolina’s Hazards & Vulnerability Research Institute, and she has studied disaster preparedness, response. She has also headed teams that were on the ground after the destruction of the World Trade Center towers on 9/11 and after hurricane Katrina flooded much of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast.
The October 2015 floods in South Carolina offered her and her team the unique chance to be part of a disaster as it unfolded.
Cutter has noted the strong response of South Carolinians to their neighbors' needs both during and after the flood. And, she has also seen some survivors move rapidly to re-build damaged or destroyed buildings and homes. Concerned, Cutter wrote an editorial for The State newspaper, urging survivors to resist rebuilding too quickly, but, instead, to rebuild wisely, in order to reduce risk, and build resilience into reconstruction to protect against the next flood.
Susan Cutter joins Dr. Edgar to talk about the October floods, smart rebuilding and about how humans respond to disasters.
All Stations: Fri, Jan 29, 12 pm | News Stations: Sun, Jan 31, 4 pm

Anita Singleton-Prather in a scene from "Circle Unbroken." — **Circle Unbroken: Anita Singleton-Prather's Gullah Journey** Jan 04, 2016
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75% of all enslaved Africans coming to America came in through the ports of Charleston, Beaufort and Georgetown, South Carolina. The result of this mingling of slaves from West Africa with the plantation culture awaiting them in America became Gullah; the genesis and taproot of African American culture.
The PBS special, Circle Unbroken – A Gullah Journey from Africa to America, portrays the history of these resilient people in music by The Gullah Kinfolk and narrative through the eyes of South Carolinian Anita Singleton-Prather – ‘The First Lady of Gullah™.’ Producer Ron Small and Anita Singleton-Prather talk about Gullah history, culture, as well as the making of this TV special.
All Stations: Fri, Jan 8, 12 pm | News Stations: Sun, Jan 10, 4 pm

**Salley McInerney: Journey Proud** Dec 14, 2015
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(independentmail.com)
Journey Proud (Abe Books, 2013) is the story of four white children growing up in the early 1960s in a middle-class neighborhood in Columbia, South Carolina. This coming-of-age tale set in the South during the civil rights movement exposes the inequities of the period and shows how childhood innocence is often replaced by harsh realities.
Walter Edgar talks with author Salley McAden McInerney. McInerney is a journalist, freelance writer and former columnist for the Anderson Independent-Mail, the Gwinnett Daily News, The Columbia Record and The State newspapers.
All Stations: Fri, Dec 18, 12 pm | News Stations: Sun, Dec 19, 4 pm

Fifty Years On: the Voting Rights Act of 1965 Dec 07, 2015

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The Voting Rights Act was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson in August of1965. This landmark legislation aimed to eliminate obstacles created by state and local governments to keep African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment (1870) to the Constitution.

Walter Edgar talks with University of South Carolina historians Bobby Donaldson and Patricia Sullivan about the history leading to passage of the Voting Rights Act, and about its impact through the years.

All Stations: Fri, Dec 11, 12 pm | News Stations: Sun, Dec 13, 4 pm

American Surrealist Nov 30, 2015

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Charleston surgeon Richard Hagerty began painting before medical school honed his eye and hand coordination. He is a self taught artist who draws his surreal, fantastical imagery from dreams, mythology, history, science and stories. He works in a variety of media, including pen and ink, watercolor and oil. Hagerty and art curator Roberta Sokolitz talk with Walter Edgar about his art, his career, and about the new collection of his work, American Surrealist: The Art of Richard Hagerty (Evening Post Books, 2015), and exhibition of Hagerty’s work at the City Gallery at Waterfront Park, Charleston.

All Stations: Fri, Dec 4, 12 pm | News Stations: Sun, Dec 6, 4 pm

Domestic Violence in South Carolina Nov 09, 2015

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In September of 2014, the Violence Policy Center ranked South Carolina second in nation in rate of women killed by men. Their report was release just weeks after Charleston's The Post and Courier newspaper ran a three-week series on criminal domestic violence called “Till Death Do Us Part," which later won the Pulitzer Prize.

Jennifer Hawes was part of The Post & Courier team that reported and wrote the series. She joins Sara Barber, Executive Director of The South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, talk with Walter Edgar about the problem of domestic violence in South Carolina, and what's being done about it.

Early American Flag — **Preserving South Carolina's Revolutionary War Battlefields** Nov 03, 2015
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(iStock)
Several miles outside of Moncks Corner is, arguably, the most significant extant Revolutionary War site in South Carolina. Fair Lawn Plantation’s Revolutionary War significance stems from historic battles, events, famous people, geographic location, and landscape architecture. Near Stony Landing on Biggin Creek, the fortified Colleton house and separate redoubt fort played a substantial role on many occasions as a post, support base, and hospital.
The Lord Berkeley Conservation Trust and The South Carolina Battleground Preservation Trust are partnering in a project to protect and preserve Fort Fair Lawn. SC Battleground Preservation Trust Director Douglas Bostick talks with Walter Edgar about this site, and some of the other Revolutionary War sites the Trust is working to preserve.
All Stations: Friday, Nov 6, 12 pm | News Stations: Sunday, Nov 8, 4 pm

**A Sporting Life: the Late Ken Burger** Oct 19, 2015
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( Courtesy Post & Courier)
The late Ken Burger’s A Sporting Life (Evening Post Books, 2015) is a collection of his best and most requested columns from his legendary career as a sports writer for the Charleston Post & Courier. At the end of each piece is a post script - updating the reader about the person or event. This book resonates with Southerners, who recognize and relate to the locations, mannerisms, and mascots. But, it is universal in its humanity and emotion.
Ken joined Walter Edgar in our studio not long ago for what turned out to be our their last conversation. He talked about the book, his career, and sports.
All Stations: Fri, Oct 23, 12 pm | News Stations: Sun, Oct 25, 4 pm

**Ron Rash on Walter Edgar's Journal** Sep 28, 2015
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This week's special Pledge Edition of Walter Edgar's Journal features an encore of segments from Walter's January 16th conversation with South Carolina author Ron Rash.
-- All Stations: Fri, Oct 2, 12 pm | News Stations: Sun, Oct 4, 4 pm --

**Georgia O'Keeffe: Her Carolina Story** Sep 21, 2015
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(Alfred Stieglitz [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons)
In 1915, Georgia O'Keeffe radically redefined herself as an artist. Rejecting all she had done before, she found her voice with a series of black and white charcoal drawings she collectively titled, Specials. Her great Charleston friend, Anita Pollitzer, took these drawings, unbeknownst to the artist, and showed them to Alfred Stieglitz (noted American photographer, gallery owner, and promoter of modern art) who proclaimed, "At last, a woman on paper." This was the beginning of one of the most important careers in all of American art.
Will South, of the Columbia Museum of Art, and Dr. Erika Doss, of the University of Notre Dame, talk about O’Keeffe’s life and work, including the Specials, which she created while teaching at Columbia College in 1915 and 1916. They’ll also talk about the ongoing O’Keeffe exhibition at the Museum, Her Carolina Story.
-- All Stations: Fri, Sep 25, 12 pm | News Stations: Sun, Sep 27, 4 pm --

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