Charleston Post

The Charleston Post: A Living Archive of Charleston, South Carolina is a vivid journey through the history of one of America's most beloved and historic cities, told with an eye toward the modern Charleston of today. Part of the acclaimed Living Archive Series published by Robert Shumake and Shumake Media Group, this volume preserves the documented story of the Charleston Post and the city of Charleston, South Carolina, restoring it for a new generation of readers, students, genealogists, and history lovers.

With roots reaching back to 1803, the Charleston Post tradition chronicled the Lowcountry's great port city across the generations. Inside, you'll explore Charleston's transformation into a modern city — the rise of tourism that made the "Holy City" one of the most visited destinations in America, the arrival of Boeing and the growth of the technology corridor known as "Silicon Harbor," the celebrated culinary renaissance that put Charleston cuisine on the world stage, and the challenges of rising seas along its historic waterfront.

This book honors Charleston's layered heritage and its reckoning with the past — the opening of the International African American Museum in 2023, the relocation of the Calhoun statue in 2020, and the city's response to the tragedy at Mother Emanuel Church and the legacy of the Reverend Clementa Pinckney — all handled with honesty and care. Readers will encounter the figures, institutions, and movements that shaped the modern city while standing on centuries of Lowcountry history.

The volume also features the city's weather and climate history, its business and cultural institutions, and a rich obituary section invaluable for Charleston, South Carolina genealogy and family history research. Researched and restored using advanced artificial intelligence and drawing on resources such as the Library of Congress, this historic newspaper archive returns the heritage of Charleston, South Carolina to the public it serves. An essential addition to any collection of South Carolina history, Southern history, and American history.Learn more at robertshumake.co. Part of the Sacred Sciences University Network: OrishaUniversity.com · ShivaUniversity.com · BuddhaUniversity.org · Krishna.University

About the Author
Robert S. Shumake, publishing as Ajarn Shaman Shu, has lived two lives in one — the builder and the priest — and his books are where the two meet. He rose from a Ford factory floor to become founding president and CEO of Inheritance Capital Group, a Black Enterprise-ranked private equity firm, served as honorary consul for Botswana and Tanzania, and founded Inheritance Media Group, owner of more than 300 publications produced by an AI-run newsroom. In spirit, each tradition that initiated him gave him a name: Buddhist Ajarn in the Theravada and Vajrayana lines, Oluwo Jolaoso Osainbola in Ifá, and Shri Surya Narayana Swamikal in the Tamil Siddha line. He is the founder of Soul Tribes International Ministries and of Buddha Digital Temple and its universities — Orisha University, Buddha University, and Shiva University. He authored Detroit’s Proposal E, the 2021 ballot initiative that decriminalized entheogenic plants in Detroit, and is the author of more than 140 published books and 86+ DOI-registered academic publications. His philosophy: the Double Bottom Line — make a profit, and make a difference. Robertshumake.biz