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Gullah/Geechee Land & Legacy Part 3: Rights & Reconstruction by Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation

To conclude the Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio three part series on “Gullah/Geechee Land & Legacy,” I took the time to focus on land grants and land grant institutions that were provided to enhance the sustainability of anglo communities in opposition to what had been done during the same era regarding Black land ownership.  I also took …

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Gullah/Geechee Faith and Freedom

Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio continued its celebration of “Black History/African Heritage Month” 2013 by airing Gullah/Geechee Faith and Freedom 02/11 by GullahGeechee Riddim | Blog Talk Radio.   Tune in to learn about the history of Henry McNeal Turner who was a minister that later became the first southern bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Turner …

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Gullah/Geechee Land Legacy pun Edisto wid de Freedmen’s Bureau

by Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) Edisto Island is nestled amidst a chain of South Carolina Sea Islands draped with Spanish moss that cloaks the oak trees lining the way to this place that is uniquely part of both Charleston and Colleton Counties.  Edisto has the story of bring people of different …

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