People

Aaisha Haykal

Archivist and librarian 
Aaisha Haykal graduated from Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York with B.A. degrees in English and Textual Studies and African-American Studies in 2009. In 2011, Haykal received her Masters of Science in Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Haykal is a member of several professional associations including the Society of American Archivists and the American Library Association. She can be reached at haykalan at cofc dot com or at anhaykal at gmail dot com.


Robert Chase

Public Historian
Dr. Robert Chase is the public historian at the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture at the College of Charleston. Dr. Chase specializes in public history, oral history, civil rights and social justice movements, and African American history. Born in New York City and raised in Washington, DC, Dr. Chase received his MA in history from George Mason University and his PhD in history at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is the recipient of the University of Maryland’s E.B. and Jean Smith prize for best dissertation in political history. Previously, Dr. Chase has held postdoctoral fellowships with Southern Methodist University, Case Western Reserve University, and Rutgers University. His forthcoming manuscript, Civil Rights on the Cell Block: The Prisoners’ Rights Movement and the Construction of the Carceral State, 1945-1990, explores the roots of twentieth century prison growth, inmate society and the coercive relationship between keeper and kept, and the legal struggle between inmates and the state over race, prisoners’ rights, and questions of citizenship.


Minerva King

Librarian/Media Specialist at St. John's High School
Native of Charleston, SC. B.A. degree in sociology from Lincoln University, Jefferson City, MO; Master's degree in library science from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, O; and Master's degree plus thirty hours in English from The Citadel, Charleston, SC. Experience in school, public, academic, and special libraries. Also experience as a professional storyteller, adjunct professor, counselor, and social worker. Hobbies include reading, attending storytelling events, swimming, bicycling, writing poetry and essays, playing the piano, and playing bid whist.

Linda Pinckney

Social Studies and Economics Teacher at St. John's High School

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