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Hey, Charleston!
What happened when a former enslaved man took beat-up old instruments and gave them to a bunch of orphans? Thousands of futures got a little brighter and a great American art form was born. In 1891, Reverend Daniel Joseph Jenkins opened his orphanage in Charleston, South Carolina. He soon had hundreds of children and needed a way to support them. Jenkins asked townspeople to donate old band instruments—some of which had last played in the hands of Confederate soldiers in the Civil War. He found teachers to show the kids how to play. Soon the orphanage had a band. And what a band it was. The Jenkins Orphanage Band caused a sensation on the streets of Charleston. People called the band's style of music "rag"—a rhythm inspired by the African American people who lived on the South Carolina and Georgia coast. The children performed as far away as Paris and London, and they earned enough money to support the orphanage that still exists today. They also helped launch the music we now know as jazz. Hey, Charleston! is the story of the kind man who gave America "some rag" and so much more.
Records
Correspondence between Rev. Daniel J. Jenkins and Mendel L. Smith re donations, also a printed letter and several pamphlets re the founding of the orphanage.
God Dealing with Rev. D. J. Jenkins
Excerpt from God Dealing With Rev. D. J. Jenkins: The Orphanage Man, 20 Franklin Street Charleston, S. C Parents and guardians must act or to the chain-gang their boys will go. In view of this fact Rev. D. J Jenkins, the Orphan age Man, has established an Orphanage Home for orphans and destitute children and a Reformatory and Industrial Reform School for bad boys and girls who roam the streets, steal, lie, fight, sleep out under steps and sheds and other places, seeking refuge wherever the shades of night catch them. The Jenkins Industrial Reformatory, at Ladson, S. C., is doing an untold amount of good and a visit thereto will convince all who are interested in the work of reform. -rev. Jen...
Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston, a living museum of Southern culture, is famous for its charm, Lowcountry cuisine, unique architectural stylings, and leisurely pace of life. A side of Charleston that many tourists do not witness and explore, the African-American community is a vibrant part of the Charleston identity, having shaped the Holy CityAa's very essence since the days of slavery.
