A telling reevaluation of African American roles in government and law during Reconstruction At Freedom's Door rescues from obscurity the identities, images, an

It's the early years of the Civil War. Mary Peake, a free biracial woman, believes illiteracy is like a closed door. Under a large oak tree in a secluded field,

Since its founding in 1801, African Americans have played an integral, if too often overlooked, role in the history of the University of South Carolina. Invisib