gullah geechee nation

5 posts

Displacement is energizing Puerto Ricans in the South to organize

We are Puerto Rican women living in the U.S. South—and no, not in Florida. We live in South Carolina and Texas, states rarely associated with Puerto Ricans. In our regions of the South, we are often not seen or understood by our neighbors as Latinas who are Caribbean,

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5 Min
By: Ivette Román-Roberto, Mayra Rivera-Vazquez

Georgia officials open Sapelo Island to development, endangering the Gullah Geechee community

McIntosh County commissioners recently approved zoning changes that island residents say will endanger the Gullah Geechee community

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3 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

A bill in Georgia could disenfranchise descendants of enslaved Africans on Sapelo Island

The Geechee community has been on Sapelo Island for 13 generations. Just 30 descendants of the original 44 enslaved families remain

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5 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

The work of Black fiber artists highlights the ties between land ownership, generational wealth, and self-determination

Preservationists hope fiber arts can connect Black Americans to the land and safeguard the future of Black agrarian culture

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9 Min
By: Iris Crawford

The security provided by nuclear weapons is an illusion—the reality is much more dangerous

In the midst of new mine development and renewed production of nuclear weapons, some organizers believe that a world without “weapons of mass extinction” is possible

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11 Min
By: Tamar Sarai

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