Alphonso Brown

Alphonso Brown was born and reared in Rantowles, South Carolina, a rural area about twelve miles south of Charleston. He graduated from Baptist Hill High School and received a bachelor's degree in music from South Carolina State University and a master's degree from Southern Illinois University. He pursued other graduate studies in music at the University of South Carolina, Charleston University and the Citadel. Mr. Brown is a licensed tour guide for the City of Charleston and owns and operates...See more

Alphonso Brown was born and reared in Rantowles, South Carolina, a rural area about twelve miles south of Charleston. He graduated from Baptist Hill High School and received a bachelor's degree in music from South Carolina State University and a master's degree from Southern Illinois University. He pursued other graduate studies in music at the University of South Carolina, Charleston University and the Citadel. Mr. Brown is a licensed tour guide for the City of Charleston and owns and operates Gullah Tours. He is a lecturer on the Gullah language and black history of Charleston. He has given lectures and Gullah presentations for students from North Carolina A&T College, National Association of Substance and Drug Abuse Commission, Charleston Nurses Association, the Medical University Minority Program, the 1993 Annual Meeting of the Seventh Episcopal District of the South Carolina AME Church Lay Organization, the University of College Designers Association, Delta Sigma Theta sorority of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Bell South and many other organizations. He has been a guest on the talk show Question of the Day, KQXL in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Michael Feldman's radio talk show and has made numerous radio and television appearances. Mr. Brown's Gullah Tours was featured in the May 1993 issue of the Charleston Magazine, in the February 1995 edition of Southern Living magazine and the January l996 edition of Reader's Digest, as well as in the Boston Globe, New York Times and Charles Kuralt's bestseller America. It was also featured on Bert Wolf 's television special of Charleston, Southern Living Presents on Turner South Television Network, South Carolina PBS specials and B. Smith with Style. He is a recipient of the very prestigious "Three Sisters Award." His website is www.gullahtours.com. Mr. Brown is a retired band director from the Charleston County School District, where he worked at Rivers High/Middle School for many years. He and his wife Laquines are the proud parents of three sons, Howard, Terrence and Joel, and three daughters-in-law. They have five grandchildren. See less