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American 'Idol' Winner Shines Spotlight On South's Gullah Geechee Culture

Reuters | Posted 05.17.2013 | Black Voices
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By Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, South Carolina, May 17 (Reuters) - "American Idol" winner Candice Glover, whose powerful voice clinched...

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Come Along and Ride on a Linguistic Voyage

Nataly Kelly | Posted 08.27.2012 | Books
Read More: French, Hatiain Creole, Norwegian, Navajo, Travel, Road Trips, Basque, Language, Gullah, Louisiana Creole, Crow, Quileute, Linguistic Diversity, Spanish, Makah, Puvallup, Books News
Nataly Kelly

Elizabeth Little traveled thousands of miles, chronicling her encounters with Navajo, Quileute, French, Gullah, Basque, Haitian Creole, and Spanish people. In this interview, she offers tips for other language road-trippers.

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Daughters of the Dust: Food in an Independent Movie

Fabio Parasecoli | Posted 06.26.2012 | Home
Read More: Food, African American Food, Gullah, Independent Cinema, Movies, Daughters of the Dust, Food Movies, Food Porn, Home News
Fabio Parasecoli

Julie Dash's masterpiece cannot be considered a "food movie" per se. It does not embrace the "food porn" aesthetics that tend to identify the genre.

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Early Underground Railroad Ran South To Florida

AP | BRUCE SMITH | Posted 03.18.2012 | Black Voices
Read More: National Underground Railroad Conference, Gullah, Slaves Escape to Florida, Underground Railroad, Black History, Florida History, Geechee, First Underground Railroad, Stono Rebellion, Black Voices News

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- While most Americans are familiar with the Underground Railroad that helped Southern slaves escape north before the Civil War, the...

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A Young Teacher

Monica Edinger | Posted 08.10.2011 | Home
Read More: Education, Schools, Teaching, Curriculum, Immigration, Gullah, Teachers, Home News
Monica Edinger

Will these newer to the profession, in this time of tests and standards and accountability, still be creative teachers?

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Excrabaganza: A Crab Quest on the Atlantic Coast

Stefan Beck | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Virginia, Soft-Shelled-Crab, Gullah, Cooking, South Carolina, Delaware, Travel, North Carolina, Crabs, Chincoteague Island, Charleston-South Carolina, Boiled Peanuts, Memorial Day, Memorial Day Food, Slidepollajax, Memorial Day Recipes, Peanuts, Home News
Stefan Beck

I can report that a basket of salt-encrusted blue crabs is a meal like no other. In heaven, these will be the bar snack, mark my words.

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