Making history, 2 Chefs Gullah Geechee Soul Food hosted their first Gullah Geechee Grand African Ball at the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum on Saturday, February 25th. Let me […]
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Storyteller Lillian Grant-Baptiste wants to inspire youth to find their voices
Local Gullah-Geechee storyteller Lillian Grant-Baptiste has launched a series of speaking engagements at Live Oak Public Libraries called “Speak: Your Voice & Story Matters” to encourage teens and young adults […]
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Celebrating Black History, and future
The annual festival is in conjunction with Black History Month in February, and it’s filled with activities that seek to get Savannah’s youth involved
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Night at the Museum brings history to life
Just like the film, visitors go through night guard training and then get to meet the characters that they learn about in the museum
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Sharing artifacts
Willis Hakim Jones has been collecting Gullah-Geechee artifacts and memorabilia for years now
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Juneteenth at the Jepson: 12 years strong
The Telfair intentionally schedules its Juneteenth celebration earlier than the actual June 19 date so residents can go to other Juneteenth celebrations in the area.
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Remembering Jim Bacote
Quite simply, what Bacote was doing was healing the world – one bus load of students, one mobile home of curious Midwesterners, one tour bus of African-American pilgrims, one family reunion, one lost Floridian at a time
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Carrie Mae Weems’ reclamation
By photographing the daguerreotypes years later, Weems restores power, agency, and dignity to the subjects. That, in essence, is what Weems’ “Sea Island Series: 1991-1992” is all about.
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Stories from the underground
EVERY YEAR, millions of tourists traipse along the worn cobblestones of Factor’s Walk, soaking in Savannah’s historic charms. While they learn about General Oglethorpe’s vision and Sherman’s restraint for not […]
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Can’t keep Pin Point down
HURRICANE MATTHEW did a real number on a lot of places around here, but the community of Pin Point was among the worst hit last month. The tiny historic African […]
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Juneteeth @150 Years
ABRAHAM LINCOLN officially freed American’s slaves in 1863, but it took a couple of more years for the Emancipation Proclamation to make its way to the people to whom it […]
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Returning to Harris Neck
Since 2005, the Harris Neck Land Trust has been working to revert ownership back to the former residents.”It’s literally going to take an act of Congress to bring them home,” explained Dave Kelly, the trust’s project coordinator.