MORNING NEWSBREAK | The International African American Museum, which has hosted more than 200,000 visitors since it opened in Charleston last June, is a member of a limited club, recently being named one of 100 of the World’s Greatest Places in 2024 by Time magazine.
It notes, “A glassed entrance opens to 8-foot screens flashing faces of the African Diaspora and pre-colonial landscapes, teasing the expansive interactive journey of tragedy and triumph that unfolds over the museum’s 22,280-plus-square-foot gallery space.”
The magazine also touts the museum’s elevated architecture, gardens and fountain of water that washes over a diagram of a slave ship.
“All told, the [IAAM’s] collection features more than 150 artifacts, 30 works of art, and nearly 50 films. Connecting past and future on a more personal level, the IAAM’s Center for Family History also offers genealogy services and records oral histories.
In other news today:
CP OPINION: Laud Biden’s leadership, patriotism, duty. “Joe Biden, dogged this month by worries about the durability of his presidential reelection campaign, put our country before personal ambition to try to keep America on the path of being a real representative democracy.”
CP NEWS, Week in Review: Obamacare enrollment up 50% in S.C. More than 570,000 South Carolinians purchased health insurance for 2024 through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) website.
- Grace period over for Carolina squat trucks
- State offers its strategy on artificial intelligence
- S.C. Freedom Caucus has new leaders, including Lowcountry’s Pace
CP FOOD: Celebrate National IPA Day on Thursday. “India Pale Ales, most often called IPAs, are one of the most popular styles of beer and can be found at most bars and breweries in town. National IPA Day falls on the first Thursday of every August, this year, Aug. 1.”
OLYMPICS: Navarro wins in Paris tennis opener. Charleston’s Emma Navarro has advanced in the tennis competition after winning her opening match. Shot putter Raven Saunders of Charleston will compete later this week. Slated for today are five swimming finals, women’s basketball and men’s gymnastics. Here are the results so far.
GUN VIOLENCE: Teen found dead of gunshot wound — in car crash.
Ports’ new rail yard is taking shape. The rail yard that will connect freight trains with the Port of Charleston is taking shape, according to this story.
CP OBIT: Catherine Brack passes away in Charleston. Catherine Coleman Brack, sister of the City Paper’s editor and publisher, died on July 26 at the age of 55 from complications from stage 4 breast cancer.
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