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  2. Gullah - Wikipedia

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    The Gullah people and their language are also called Geechee, which may be derived from the name of the Ogeechee River near Savannah, Georgia. [3] Gullah is a term that was originally used to designate the creole dialect of English spoken by Gullah and Geechee people. Over time, its speakers have used this term to formally refer to their creole ...

  3. Gullah-Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor - Wikipedia

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    The Gullah-Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor is a federal National Heritage Area in the United States along its southeastern coast, stretching from North Carolina to Florida. The intent of the designation is to help preserve and interpret the traditional cultural practices, sites, and resources associated with Gullah-Geechee people. Gullah ...

  4. Who are the Gullah Geechee people? Here is what you ... - AOL

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    There are 1 million Gullah Geechee people in the Gullah Geechee corridor, Hemingway said. Hemingway said that more than 80% of African-Americans can trace their roots back to the corridor.

  5. Gullah language - Wikipedia

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    A woman speaking Gullah and English. Gullah (also called Gullah-English, [2] Sea Island Creole English, [3] and Geechee [4]) is a creole language spoken by the Gullah people (also called "Geechees" within the community), an African American population living in coastal regions of South Carolina and Georgia (including urban Charleston and Savannah) as well as extreme northeastern Florida and ...

  6. The Gullah Geechee are often omitted from textbooks. One of ...

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    The Gullah Geechee people held on to stories, religious practices, farming methods, recipes and even formed their own language, separate from that of colonial Americans on the mainland. But now ...

  7. Sea-level rise threatens Gullah Geechee land, way of life ...

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    Facing threats to their land through tourism-fueled development and sea-level rise, the Gullah Geechee culture are under siege from enemies both existential and real.

  8. Marquetta Goodwine - Wikipedia

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    She participated in the United Nations Forum on Minority Rights which was first established in 2008. At the forum, Queen Quet recorded the human rights struggle of the Gullah/Geechee people for archival by the United Nations. [8] On 2 July 2002, Goodwine was elected and enstooled as "Queen Quet, chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation."

  9. Climate change threatens the coastal Gullah Geechee - AOL

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    This land, designated by Congress in 2006, protects and preserves the Gullah Geechee’s rich history and culture by allowing areas along the corridor to leverage federal funds for programs and ...