Professor Bernard Powers ID: 193 | This file appears in: Discovering African American History at the College of Charleston Bernard Powers, Professor Emeritus of History and director of the Center for the Study of Slavery in Charleston, is the author of Black Charlestonians: A Social History, 1822-1885 and a co-author of We Are Charleston: Tragedy and Triumph at Mother Emanuel. He is the interim director of the International African American Museum in Charleston. Courtesy of the College of Charleston. Download Original File "Professor Bernard Powers" appears in: Discovering African American History at the College of Charleston