The galleries span centuries of trauma and triumph and reminds people that there isn’t that much distance between past and present.
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Maude Callen, a Black nurse-midwife, delivered more than 800 infants across the South Carolina Lowcountry starting in the 1920s, when segregation made it difficult for Black people to get medical care.
Although Callen isn’t commonly considered a household name, visitors passing through the new $120 million today!
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