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Selah SoundFound: toy soldier on the beach<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/foundobjects?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#foundobjects</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Beach?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Beach</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ftl?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ftl</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/lowcountry?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lowcountry</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/art?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/artist?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#artist</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Beaufort?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Beaufort</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/gullahgeechee?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gullahgeechee</a>
Selah SoundFree yourself<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/JUNETEENTH?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JUNETEENTH</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/lowcountry?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lowcountry</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/liberation?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#liberation</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/freedom?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freedom</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/gullahgeechee?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gullahgeechee</a>
Wilson<p>"This is the latest fight against gentrification and the minimization of Gullah Geechee culture throughout the South as developers and newcomers see the waterfront properties as valuable.... Most of those areas are near African American burial sites — a sustaining tradition for ancestors of Gullah Geechee folk to be buried near the water."</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GullahGeechee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GullahGeechee</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SeaIslands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeaIslands</span></a></p><p>---</p><p>Gullah Geechee Sue Over Blocked Access to Sacred Burial Ground - Capital B News</p><p><a href="https://capitalbnews.org/gullah-geechee-st-helena-island-cemetery-lawsuit/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">capitalbnews.org/gullah-geeche</span><span class="invisible">e-st-helena-island-cemetery-lawsuit/</span></a></p>
Glyn Moody<p>Georgia university receives $500,000 grant to preserve <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GullahGeechee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GullahGeechee</span></a> heritage - <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/apr/22/georgia-state-university-grant-gullah-geechee-heritage" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/news/2025/apr/</span><span class="invisible">22/georgia-state-university-grant-gullah-geechee-heritage</span></a> "GSU will establish the Gullah Geechee Sacred Land Project to research and protect the community and its culture" take that, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a></p>
Axomamma<p>"One of the earliest records of “Kumbaya” in the AFC archive is in a manuscript sent to Robert Winslow Gordon, the Archive’s founder, in 1927."</p><p>Fascinating! Please do go read the whole thing.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BlackHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Kumbaya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kumbaya</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FolkMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkMusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Gullah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gullah</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GullahGeechee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GullahGeechee</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2018/02/kumbaya-history-of-an-old-song/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2018/02</span><span class="invisible">/kumbaya-history-of-an-old-song/</span></a></p>
Firestorm Books<p>On Saturday we'll be hosting debut memoirist Neesha Powell-Ingabire for a conversation on undertold Black history alongside personal and family stories, followed by a signing of their new book, "Come By Here: A Memoir in Essays from Georgia’s Geechee Coast"! </p><p>Neesha, a millennial journalist, essayist, and organizer, traces the genealogy of systemic racial violence while paying homage to the area’s long history of Black resistance and culture keeping. Can't make the in-person event? We'll be streaming it to our YouTube channel!</p><p>Full event details, and copies of "Come By Here," available at <a href="https://firestorm.coop/events/3285-history-as-truth-telling-with-author-neesha-powell-ingabire.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">firestorm.coop/events/3285-his</span><span class="invisible">tory-as-truth-telling-with-author-neesha-powell-ingabire.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/QueerSouth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QueerSouth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GullahGeechee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GullahGeechee</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GeorgiaHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgiaHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FeministBookstore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FeministBookstore</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ComeByHere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComeByHere</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirestormCoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirestormCoop</span></a> (- L)</p>
Bryan 🏳️‍🌈 Pixelfedrandom sights on my way home from the Timucuan Nature &amp; Ecological Preserve ... <br> <br> 👉 I was pleasantly surprised with a series of "new to me" historical sites and important places in Jacksonville's past ... <br> <br> 👇<br> <a href="https://www.visitjacksonville.com/blog/gullah-geechee-jacksonville/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.visitjacksonville.com/blog/gullah-geechee-jacksonville/</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Jacksonville?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Jacksonville</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Florida?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Florida</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/History?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/AmateurPhotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmateurPhotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Pixelfed?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pixelfed</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/StreetPhotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StreetPhotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/UrbanExploration?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UrbanExploration</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/GalaxyS23?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GalaxyS23</a>+ <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/GullahGeechee?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GullahGeechee</a>
A Blue Box Full of Books<p>Okra Stew is a beautiful book about food, family, ancestors and Gullah Geechee culture.<br>Okra Stew is a wonderful read. I love how the author added the recipe at the end of the book, as well as information about the Gullah Geechee people.</p><p><a href="https://bookstodon.thestorygraph.com/tags/macmillankidsbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>macmillankidsbooks</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.thestorygraph.com/tags/gullahgeechee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gullahgeechee</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.thestorygraph.com/tags/picturebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>picturebook</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.thestorygraph.com/tags/childrensbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>childrensbook</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.thestorygraph.com/tags/kidlit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kidlit</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.thestorygraph.com/tags/recipe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>recipe</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.thestorygraph.com/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.thestorygraph.com/tags/okra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>okra</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.thestorygraph.com/tags/bipoc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bipoc</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.thestorygraph.com/tags/bipocbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bipocbooks</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.thestorygraph.com/tags/family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>family</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.thestorygraph.com/tags/ancestors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ancestors</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.thestorygraph.com/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.thestorygraph.com/tags/littlefreelibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>littlefreelibrary</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.thestorygraph.com/tags/bookdrop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookdrop</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/kidlit" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kidlit</span></a></span></p>
TeamRose<p>2/2…”It will also strike language that states it should prevent<br> “<a href="https://mas.to/tags/land" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>land</span></a> value increases which could force removal of the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/population" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>population</span></a>.</p><p>Same ‘ole hateful “strategy” of using <a href="https://mas.to/tags/zoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zoning</span></a> laws to do your evil bidding!<br>Yep folks…they’re doubling down on historical hatred as their “way of life”.<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/gullahgeechee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gullahgeechee</span></a><br><a href="https://apple.news/AZ5wtD263TiysBQ1-UOGL8w" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apple.news/AZ5wtD263TiysBQ1-UO</span><span class="invisible">GL8w</span></a></p>
TeamRose<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>georgia</span></a> …purposely throwing away <a href="https://mas.to/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mas.to/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> for <a href="https://mas.to/tags/greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greed</span></a> is a craven…<br>Use of your <a href="https://mas.to/tags/privilege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privilege</span></a> &amp; in strong juxtaposition to your fierce fight to save…<br>Confederate statues, claiming history as a cover for hate!<br>No one believes your <a href="https://mas.to/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racist</span></a> selfish excuses any longer.</p><p>“The county, which is 65% white, has voted to remove official language that acknowledges <a href="https://mas.to/tags/HoggHammock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HoggHammock</span></a> as an area w/“unique needs in regard to its historic resources”…1/2 link⬇️ <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/gullahgeechee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gullahgeechee</span></a></p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p>County approves larger homes for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GullahGeechee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GullahGeechee</span></a> enclave as residents vow to continue fight</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/MNRRpB" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/MNRRpB</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Preston MacDougall<p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/BaileyPoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BaileyPoint</span></a> investors and real-estate developers on <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/HiltonHeadIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HiltonHeadIsland</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/SouthCarolina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthCarolina</span></a> are trying to erase history of the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/GullahGeechee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GullahGeechee</span></a> community that goes back to the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/EmancipationProclamation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmancipationProclamation</span></a>. And they are doing so in the most insulting way possible. <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/BlackLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackLivesMatter</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/15/hilton-head-island-land-dispute-lawsuit" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2023/j</span><span class="invisible">ul/15/hilton-head-island-land-dispute-lawsuit</span></a></p>
BethFishReads<p>Conjure Island by Eden Royce -- out now</p><p>A <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MiddleGrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleGrade</span></a> fantasy based on Gullah-Geechee culture and folklore</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BookMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookMail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/booklove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>booklove</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GullahGeechee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GullahGeechee</span></a></p>
Eeeee Woooo<p>This 93-year-old Hilton Head woman is in a legal battle for land her family has owned since the Civil War | CNN <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gullahgeechee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gullahgeechee</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fightlikehell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fightlikehell</span></a> <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/15/us/hilton-head-woman-land-battle-reaj/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2023/07/15/us/hilton-h</span><span class="invisible">ead-woman-land-battle-reaj/index.html</span></a></p>
Jeffrey Gray<p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/26/dining/emily-meggett-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2023/04/26/dining/</span><span class="invisible">emily-meggett-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a> god rest you Emily Meggett. Thank you for your recipes. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GullahGeechee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GullahGeechee</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/cooking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cooking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/EdistoIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EdistoIsland</span></a></p>