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Penn Center

St. Helena Island, SC institution that grew from a Reconstruction-era school for freed people into a civil-rights training campus.

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Founded in 1862 as one of the first Southern schools for newly freed Black Americans. Hosted SCLC retreats including MLK's planning for the Poor People's Campaign. Today a National Historic Landmark District.

Location

16 Penn Center Cir W, Saint Helena Island, SC, USA

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