Today’s guest is a part of a powerful movement to share the authentic, painful and real history of slavery at some of America’s most visited plantation sites.
Olivia Williams is a cultural history interpreter at McLeod Plantation Historic Site in Charleston, South Carolina. She’s been featured in the BBC, CBS News and the New York Times for her work and for shining a light on the awkward and uncomfortable questions posed by many visitors which underscore the lack of understanding of America’s slaveholding past.
This week on PreserveCast, we’ll discuss this critical work with a master of the trade.
PreserveCast Ep119: [Healthy, Hip & Historic] "Reset to Default: Making Preservation the New Normal" by Jim Lindberg, National Trust for Historic Preservation
PreserveCast Ep118 [Healthy, Hip & Historic] "Preserving History, Promoting Health" by Dr. Debarati Majumdar "Mimi" Narayan
PreserveCast Ep. 117 [Healthy, Hip & Historic] People, Old Places & Health with Dr. Jeremy C. Wells of the University of Maryland
PreserveCast Ep116: [Healthy, Hip & Historic] What the Future Holds for Historic Preservation and Community Revitalization with Storm Cunningham
PreserveCast Ep115: Pushing the Outer Limits of Preservation with Michelle Hanlon of For All Moonkind
PreserveCast Ep114: Making & Marketing New Reasons to Travel Along the C&O Canal with Heidi Glatfelter Schlag
PreserveCast Ep113: Roadtripping through America's Automotive History with Diane Parker
PreserveCast Ep112: Horses, Houses, and History in Saratoga Springs with Samantha Bosshart
PreserveCast Ep111: Introducing Youth to Difficult History at Gettysburg with Barbara Sanders
PreserveCast Ep110: [Happy Halloween] Exploring America's Haunted History with Colin Dickey
PreserveCast Ep109: [Antietam Anniversary] What We Think We Know About History with Dennis Frye
PreserveCast Ep108: The Science of Data-Driven Community Revitalization with Heather Arnold of Streetsense
PreserveCast Ep. 107: Training a New Generation in the Traditional Trades with Moss Rudley of the National Historic Preservation Training Center
PreserveCast Ep. 106: David J. Brown Reflects on 20 Years at the National Trust for Historic Preservation
PreserveCast Ep. 105: The Catoctin Furnace Historic Building Trades Program with Elizabeth Comer
PreserveCast Ep: 104: Sellabrating State & Local Pride with Ali von Paris of Route One Apparel
PreserveCast Ep.103: The Glessner House on Display with Director and Curator, Bill Tyre
PreserveCast Ep. 102: Landmarks Illinois' Statewide Approach to Preservation & Development with Bonnie McDonald
PreserveCast Ep. 101: A Retrospective with Your Host, Nick Redding
PreserveCast Ep. 100: Preservation Incentives with Bill MacRostie of MacRostie Historic Advisors
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