Authors for Literacy, Turning Pages SC, and numerous community partners in Lexington and Richland County of South Carolina come together annually to raise money for adult literacy. Join us as we highlight the incredible talent of authors supporting this event. To book your table space or sponsor the event, head over to Authors for Literacy.
Dr. Walter B. Curry, Jr., is a native of Orangeburg, South Carolina. Dr. Curry received a bachelor’s
degree in political science from South Carolina State University, and has earned graduate degrees in
education, which includes a doctorate degree in Curriculum & Instruction from Argosy University,
Sarasota.
In 2018, Dr. Curry launched Renaissance Publications, LLC., a self-publishing company, which
publishes books that focuses on African American history through ancestry. Dr. Curry has published two
award winning books, The Thompson Family: Untold Stories from the Past (1830-1960), and The
Awakening: The Seawright-Ellison Family Saga, Vol.1, A Narrative History. Both books consist of stories
that covers the lineage of Dr. Curry ancestry from slavery, The Civil War, The Reconstruction Era, and
family life in Aiken, Barnwell, Orangeburg, and Richland Counties, South Carolina.
Dr. Curry has done book signings and presentations at local conferences, workshops, bookstores, and schools across the state and nationwide. Dr. Curry is the Author-In-Residence at the Aiken Center for the Arts. As an Author-In-Residence, Dr. Curry provide learning engagements though exhibits to Aiken County Public Schools that brings the stories from his books to life.
Dr. Curry has received numerous accolades for his work and service which includes two African
American Historical and Genealogy Society book awards; legislative resolutions from the South Carolina
General Assembly for his significant work in service to African American History and Heritage in South
Carolina; Literary Titan Gold Awards; a recipient of the Martha Schofield “Work The Legacy” Award;
member of the Inaugural South Carolina State University 40 Under 40; and selected as a 2022 Richland
Two School District Black History Month honoree.
Dr. Curry also serves as member of the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room & Military Museum Commission, Board of Advisors of the Friends of Charleston National Parks, and the South Carolina Arts Directory.
Dr. Curry currently lives in Columbia, South Carolina with his wife, Takiyah S. Curry, who is a registered nurse and graduate of the University of South Carolina. They have two sons, Braxton & Braylon.
