What is the Black Heritage Trail?
The Black Heritage Trail will be one hybrid-model trail located across each of three designated sites: Oconee County, Pickens County, and on the Clemson University campus respectively. The interactive Trail will feature walking paths, interpretive signage, artwork, historical markers, and more. The Trail will expand to include a dedicated website with interactive, digital content that connects and shares local Black history sites, and stories of the people, places, and events of a forgotten past. The Black Heritage Trail project is funded through the generosity of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s President’s Initiative, Monuments Grants program.