Our events
Black History Month Event, Thursday, February 27, 2025, 12:00 - 6:00PM
- Williamsburg County Equalization Schools: Tomlinson, Cades, St. Mark, Battery Park, Chavis Schools
- Artists' Showcase
- Representatives from Community Organizations
- Music
- Food
- Community Gathering
Juneteenth Festival and Black Music Month Celebration, Wednesday, June 19, 2024
- Health Fair
- Artists' Showcase
- Performances
- Food Trucks
- DJ Ricky and Music
- Vendors
- Divine Nine (Greeks)
Noon - 9:00PM, 2023
Silent Auction Showcasing:
- WC Artists LaToya Thompson
- Malik Hayward Harry McFadden
- SCSU 1890
- Free COVID Testing
- Refreshments
- Vendors
- Socializing
"CELEBRATING WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY (WC) AFRICAN AMERICANS & 1st CAPITAL CAMPAIGN"
Friday, February 24, 2023 Noon - 9:00PM.
Hourly: Information Sharing, Capital Campaign
12:00PM: Information on WC HBCU President, Dr. Henry Tisdale
1:00PM: Information on WC HBCU President, Dr. JoAnne Wright Heysbert
2:00PM: Information on WC HBCU President, Dr. Leroy Staggers
3:00PM: History of WC Midwives, Rev Samuel Cooper
4:00PM: History of WC Professional Boxers, Donald and Henry Nesmith
5:00PM: History of Tomlinson Graded and High School, Cassandra Williams Rush and Dr. Inetta Fulton
6:00PM: Check Presentations to Communities for Immunity Partners; Silent Auction Winners; Capital Campaign Requests; Dinner; DJ Rickey, Music and Socializing
Our Anniversary
10th Anniversary of the C. Williams Rush Museum of African-American Arts & Culture, December 18 & 19, 2020
The 10th Anniversary of the C Williams Rush Museum of African-American Arts & Culture on Friday and Saturday, December 18 and 19, 2020 at 200 Hampton Avenue in Kingstree, South Carolina. This was a hybrid and abbreviated celebration of the Gullah Geechee people and culture via video,, drive by exhibition and “A Taste of the Gullah Geechee Foods” on Saturday 2:00 - 4:00 PM. The drive-through provided samples of the Gullah Geechee foods and visual exhibition. We adhered to the CDC and governmental guidelines and made the event both virtual and socially distanced outside, with a drive-through format.
Museum Programs and Activities
Ongoing Events
On hold until further notice:
Bingo on 1st and 3rd Thursday’s monthly.
Come and join us for fun and socializing!
On Exhibition
Permanent Collection:
- African American Pottery, daily
- Original artwork of Harlem Renaissance Artists, daily
- African Americans on Postage Stamps
Speaker Schedule
- Sunday, February 12, 2023 at Bethel AME, 1224 Gourdin Road, Salters, SC
- Sunday February 26, 2023 at Williamsburg Historical Society, 'Stories of Williamsburg', Kingstree, SC
- Sunday, February 26, 2023 NAACP at Mt Zion UMC, 701 St. John Street, KIngstree, SC
- Sunday, January 23, 2020 at Friendship UM Church, speaker Cassandra Williams Rush, ‘Williamsburg County Early Colored/Negro Schools’.
Schedule a Speaker or Presentation
Not just for February, BLACK History Month, schedule your Educational Speaker or Historical Presentation for ANY TIME or ANY MONTH!
Black History is 12 months per year!