Tag: Gullah-Geechee

Melissa RossJune 25, 2016
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One thing about Duval County — it sometimes defies easy stereotyping. That’s certainly true when you consider the fact that the Northeast Florida Regional Director for the Donald Trump for President campaign is Derek Boyd Hankerson. Hankerson, who is of Gullah Geechee heritage, is an African-American documentary filmmaker, author and historian in addition to his political […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 28, 2016

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Could a Gullah Geechee museum be coming to Jacksonville? A public-private partnership may make it so, in what was formerly the settlement of Cosmo. In the phrasing of the National Park Service, “the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor extends from Wilmington, North Carolina in the north to Jacksonville, Florida in the south. It is home to […]


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