Charlie's Place
Episodes
Episode 5: All Costs
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“You know, that incident was what many of us consider the ugliest black molar in our local history. It was just pure evil and ugly.” ...
Episode 4: Mr. Nobody From Nowhere
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“And in the minds of many, Charlie Fitzgerald's dance hall becomes the worst fears of the champions of white supremacy.” There’s mu...
Episode 3: Power Cedes to Power
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“He helped people. He loaned people. He wasn't to be trifled with” Charlie Fitzgerald built multiple businesses across Myrtle Beach &ndash...
Episode 2: Sin City
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“All the dancers wanted that black music. Why? Because it had a danceable backbeat.” Dance at Charlie’s Place wasn’t jus...
Episode 1: Whispering Pines
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“Myrtle Beach was a good place, if you stay in your place, I’ll put it like that.” At the height of segregation, when everywhere els...
Introducing Charlie’s Place
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Beloved. Notorious. Defiant. Folk hero. These are just a few ways to describe Charlie Fitzgerald, the entrepreneur who owned an integrated nightclub d...