Explore the history of African Americans in Columbia and Richland County through a variety of programs

February 1-7.
Homeplaces, Workplaces, Resting Places: An African American Heritage Sites Tour
Sunday, February 1
2 pm

From the Mann-Simons Site, home of Celia Mann, a free-black mid-wife in antebellum Columbia, to the
North Carolina Mutual Building, offices of the largest African American-owned life insurance company in
the United States, this tour explores houses, businesses, cemeteries, and other sites important to the
African American community. Largely comprised of sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places,
this tour features locations that illustrate important events and little-known facts about Columbia's African-
American community. Allow approximately 90 minutes for this tour.