MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — Some Myrtle Beach residents might not know of a time or place where Black entertainers and patrons couldn’t simply stay in any hotel.
Today, you can take a tour of Charlie’s Place, where those Black entertainers stayed. It is rich in culture and history, and it is right here in Myrtle Beach.
Mary “Cookie” Goings, Myrtle Beach’s director of neighborhood services, said Charlie and Sarah Fitzgerald founded Charlie’s Place, an entertainment and supper club for all races, in the 1940s…