From staff reports
The Beaufort Republican Women’s Club will host a birthday celebration in honor of the late U.S. Congressman Robert Smalls, the founder of the South Carolina Republican Party, at 11:30 a.m., Sunday, April 5, at the Tabernacle Baptist Church, 907 Craven Street.
The featured speaker will be Michael Boulware Moore, great great grandson of Robert Smalls. Moore is a business and community leader, keynote speaker, former board member of the National Park Foundation – African American Experience Fund, International African American Museum, Penn Center, the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce, and featured on numerous television, newspaper and magazine outlets including CNN, PBS, The New York Times, Forbes, and HuffPost.
He is the author of “Bridging the Gaps: The Love of Marketing” and the children’s book, “Freedom on the Sea,” about Robert Smalls. Moore is also an associate producer of the upcoming graphic novel and feature film project, “Defiant.”
Smalls was born into slavery in 1839 in Beaufort. He lived an incredible life, going from an enslaved person to a successful U.S. Naval hero, businessman, and a Congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives. For more information, please call Angel Flewelling at 843-271-3368.
