NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — Decades after segregation, alumni of North Charleston’s first Black high school returned to celebrate the legacy of Bonds-Wilson High School, a school that stood as a beacon of pride and perseverance for the community.
Bonds-Wilson alumna Burnett Bryant Campbell remembers the challenges vividly. “We had to fight for everything we got. We used to get called names and it was just terrible back in the day, but we made it through. We persevered and I feel like we might have been poor, but I never knew we were poor,” she said.
The “Mighty Cobras,” as the students proudly called themselves, gathered in North Charleston to honor a school that shaped generations, even in the face of limited resources and segregation…