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Gullah Geechee community celebrates historic and significant Freedom’s Eve
Watch Night is a Gullah Geechee cultural celebration that commemorates when President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863. It’s a tradition that began about 160 ...
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Journalist explores Geechee Gullah roots in ‘Come By Here’
ExploreThe splendor and tragedy of Sapelo Island Reporting about life in Brunswick was enlightening and introduced her to the Gullah Geechee community. The descendants of enslaved West Africans ...
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Annual Kwanzaa celebration held in downtown Charleston
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The Gullah Geechee Family Foundation ... The event also focused on culture, art, and identity. Naturally Geechee’s founder explained that the celebration included ...
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American Routes Shortcuts: The Gullah Geechee Ring Shouters
Nick Spitzer: The Gullah Geechee Shouters, how about that? Beautiful. We're going to talk just a little bit for a moment. In radio, we call this chin music, and I'm going to go with age before ...
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Gullah Geechee community celebrates historic and significant Freedom’s Eve
Morris Brown AME Church held a Watch Night service Tuesday afternoon to celebrate Freedom’s Eve. Watch Night is a Gullah Geechee cultural celebration that commemorates when President Abraham Lincoln ...