DAUFUSKIE ISLAND, S.C. — Sallie Ann Robinson proudly stands in the front yard of her grandmother’s South Carolina home. Historic Black communities like Daufuskie Island are dying, and descendants like Robinson are attempting to salvage what’s left of a quickly fading history. “I don’t need anybody to lecture me on the culture of Sapelo Island,” Stevens said, adding: “If you …
CNN — Descendants of enslaved Africans on Georgia’s Sapelo Island – one of the last intact Gullah Geechee communities in the state – are worried their cultural heritage and property could soon be lost after city officials voted to change the island’s zoning laws. Sapelo Island descendant Josiah “Jazz” Watts, 52, told CNN the county’s zoning plan “shocked us all,” …
