Zora’s Audacity is Why Krak Teet Exists
We celebrate Zora as an amazing author and anthropologist who gave us Their Eyes Were Watching God and Barracoon. We salute Eatonville, where she was raised for being one of
Watch Night, the Proclamation, and the 13th
I grew up going to church on New Year’s Eve, but I didn’t learn about “Watch Night Service” until about five or so years ago while volunteering with the Gullah
Kwanzaa + Black Savannah History
Umoja (Unity) :: to strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, nation and race The boycotts of 1960! Two Beach High School students were arrested during a sit-in
Sol C. Johnson
Better known as Sol C. Johnson, he was born four years after slavery ended on November 29, 1869. He moved to Savannah from South Carolina as a child. As a
Robert Abbott and The Chicago Defender
The leading black newspaper of the segregation era started here in Savannah. Well…kinda. Its founder, Robert Abbott, was raised and schooled here. He was born on November 24, 1870 (five
10 Questions to Ask Your Elders
If you can record them answering the questions, EVEN BETTER! You’ll appreciate it so much more when they’re no longer with us. Imagine having a recording of your great-grandmother talking.
So Hoodoo Ain’t Voodoo?
Short answer: Nah! Long story: *clears throat* Voodoo is a religion. It’s a way of life. It’s basically the belief that the universe and everything in it is one. Nature
Savannah Greys
Savannah Greys are bricks made in Savannah by hand in the early 1800s by enslaved black folk at the Hermitage Plantation on the Savannah River. (It’s now International Paper.) Henry
Another reason black folks’ accents be so thick
A lot of us just got here. While researching my family’s history back in 2016, I learned that my great-grandmother on my mama’s side was born in Alabama. I read
When the Gullah Beat the U.S. in Back-to-Back Wars
The Gullah won three wars against the United States in the 1800s. What had happened was… The U.S. declared itself independent in 1776. That’s when the states went from being