Don't Miss!

Don't Miss the 2nd Annual Magnolia Plantation and Gardens "History Fair" showcase.  Thirty-one historic organizations will participate in the fair that begins at 9 a.m. and ends at 4 p.m. 



Presenters will include:  

 

The Barbados and Carolinas Legacy Foundation, Charles Towne Landing, Charleston Friends of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Co. “I”, Civil War Reenactment Unit, Lowcountry Africana, National Park Service; Gullah/Geechee National Heritage Corridor; and Fort Sumter and Charles Pinckney sites, Old Slave Mart Museum, Philip Simmons Foundation, and the South Carolina Historical Society.

 

 

For more information on the event check out the article, "Magnolia Gardens “History Fair” Returns on July 5" on LowcountryBizSC.  Click here. 

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Maya Angelou (April 4, 1928 - May 28, 2014)

The Crossing of the Bar
by Alfred Lord Tennyson

Sunset and evening star,

      And one clear call for me,

And may there be no moaning of the bar,

      When I put out to sea!

   But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep,
Turns again home.

   Twilight and evening bell,

      And after that the dark!

And may there be no sadness of farewell,

      When I embark;

   For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place

      The flood may bear me far,

I hope to see my Pilot face to face

                      When I have crost the bar.

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Check Out Club Penguin's newest Vlogger Mercedes!!

*Maybe next time we'll turn the sound off.  :)

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Check Out Club Penguin's newest Vlogger Mercedes!!

*Maybe next time we'll turn the sound off.  :)

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Gloria Green to Lead Print and New Media Team

African American Genealogy with Fallon Green is excited to announce that Gloria Green will be managing our New Media office.  The addition comes at a time when African American Genealogy with Fallon Green is expanding into areas beyond its blog.

Prior to joining the team, Gloria Green has worked behind the scenes scheduling and organizing workshops, copy-editing web and print materials while finding and building strategic partnerships with other businesses within the Greater Beaufort area.

With her hiring, we are continuing on the path of growing an african american genealogy brand based in "family values" that honors and celebrates Gullah family heritage and history in the present day.  She brings to our team a passion for early childhood development and education and a commitment to preserving the language, the foodways and the lifestyles of modern-day Gullahs.

Please join us in welcoming Gloria Green to our web and print publishing team.

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Confirmed!

FREED is coming to this year's GULLAH FESTIVAL!

THE GULLAH FESTIVAL

...is a family oriented, non-profit, non-alcoholic event. The festival began small, and has grown to attract as much as 75,000 people locally, nationally and internationally over the three day period of the festival.  The Gullah Festival continues to receive awards and recognition in the areas of Heritage and Tourism.

FREED

FREED is a nationally-recognized Female REENACTMENT group composed entirely of African American women. The troupe dresses in period clothing to portray well known African American women of the Civil War Era. Their mission is to educate the public and to promote the accomplishments of the African American Civil War Soldiers and the women who supported their fight for freedom.  They engage in re-enactments, dramatic readings and various other educational programs in order to share the stories of these distinctive women and men in their lives.  For more information on FREED and the FESTIVAL or to purchase your tickets in advance call 843-525-0628.  

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Happy Birthday, Barefoot!!

A RING SHOUT FOR BAREFOOT...

The Gullah Tradition of Ring Shout:  "African Americans felt most free to sing spirituals accompanied by the ring shout dances when they were away from the gaze of masters and overseers, who often forbade the gatherings. When the slave quarters was far enough away from the residence of the owners, Black people might gather there in one of the cabins, moving to the side the meager furnishings so that a danced circle could form in the center of the room....But just as often, people gathered in woods bordering the plantations where they lived or in simply constructed “praise houses” or “hush harbors” or sometimes out in the open air, around a fire. There they would raise up the song and move in an easy, slightly weighted step in a counterclockwise ring, starting with a slow tempo and gradually building to a cadence that featured the syncopation of handclaps, feet stomping and percussive sticks to keep and vary the rhythm. And in the repetition of the sung lines and the movement of the circling bodies, the spirit was called and answered."  For the full text and more information about the religious tradition of ring shout visit Sweet Chariot: The Story of the Spirituals.

Geechee and Gullah Ring Shouters give praise at Barefoot Farms

Today, the Sea Islands not only celebrated the legacy of Penn Center but it also celebrated the life of one of the island's local celebrities, Jackie "Barefoot" Frazier.  In a farmstand filled with family, friends, visitors, customers and guests Jackie celebrated in true Gullah-Style. In attendance: The Gullah Cultural Alliance of Beaufort, The Carolina Cowboys, Chief Se'khu Hadjo Gentle of Yamassee Indian Tribe / Nation and The Gullah Grub Restaurant.

Photo courtesy of The Yamassee Indian Tribe/Nation.

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