A new book from leading scholars and historians pushes back against the narrative that Gullah communities were insulated from the mainland US
Gullah Geechee culture is sometimes viewed as static – a c…
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‘Women were currency’: How reparatory justice is spotlighting gender-based violence ○
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In this month’s newsletter: placing Black women and girls at the forefront, celebrating the Manchester experience through Vimto and preserving Gullah Geechee land
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39 days ago
Beyond the classroom: South Carolina educators use food to teach Gullah Geechee culture ○
New programs in the state work to teach high school and college students about Gullah foodways through hands-on projects
When students from Charleston county school of the arts in South Carolina enter…
57 days ago
Gullah Geechee people offered chance to save family properties passed down through generations ⊕⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
A new South Carolina act will exempt some heirs’ property owners from increased property taxes
In a move that protects vulnerable people from forced property sales, South Carolina recently enacted an …
3 months ago
We asked what repairing the harm of enslavement would look like. This is what we found ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Our Legacies of Enslavement team has found humanity and dignity, not blame or guilt, are at the heart of the conversation
Guardian owner heralds next phase in Legacies of Enslavement restorative justi…
4 months ago
A film honors America’s first self-governed town founded by formerly enslaved people ⊖
The Spirit We Move With explores the legacy of Mitchelville on Hilton Head Island and its Gullah Geechee community
In 1862, while the American civil war spread across the country, formerly enslaved pe…
7 months ago
A Black Georgia community uprooted in 1942 still fights to go home ⊖
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US descendants of Harris Neck’s Gullah Geechee families seek the return of ancestral land seized for a wartime airfield
A once thriving Black community along the Georgia coast called Harris Neck is no…
15 months ago
Georgia university receives $500,000 grant to preserve Gullah Geechee heritage ○
GSU will establish the Gullah Geechee Sacred Land Project to research and protect the community and its culture
A new $500,000 Mellon grant will allow Georgia State University to develop archival, his…
Georgia State University receives $500,000 grant to preserve Gullah Geechee heritage ○
GSU will establish the Gullah Geechee Sacred Land Project to research and protect the community and its culture
A new $500,000 Mellon grant will allow Georgia State University to develop archival, his…
‘We live in both worlds’: how teachers of Gullah Geechee herbal medicine are cultivating tradition ○
Classes on herbalism connect new generations eager to explore their roots with elders in the South Carolina community
With their eyes downcast in reflection, dozens of people dressed in white crossed …