The story of a black nanny

in segregated South Carolina

—– Part 1—–

By Dr. Thomas Cloer, Jr.

Special to The Courier

To celebrate Black History Month, I would highly recommend “Hush Now, Baby,” by a wonderful South Carolina writer, Angela Williams. This book is a read I’ve been wanting to undertake for a while.

Angela Williams is an educator and writer close to my age in her 70s. She taught English at the Citadel for 20 years, and I was on Citadel’s campus several times when she was there. I had a colleague at the Citadel who invited me to be a speaker there on different occasions. My wife and I were treated royally as we lodged and took our meals in the Officers’ Quarters.

Angela is from a rich family in Berkeley County. The Williams family held vast amounts of

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