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Keep not only much of their west african traditions,s they were able to invent their own. they were able to develop their own music, art, food, and most importantly, language. >> a language which was a mix of english, west african languages and some good old down home southern drawal. >> were happy you came to visit we people. >> while its hard to pin down the population, it is estimated 200,000 to 500,000 people that identify as gulla. but today this whole unique american culture is in danger o...

Im just looking at the fancy table clothes. [ laughter ] >> this is the south. thats what you need. >> oh, yeah. >> you always have to have newspaper on the table. wont taste right without newspaper. >> not going to taste right. you want that news print after taste. one of the things about this that is so interesting to me is that people think that black people are monolith in america, that black people are the same no matter where you go. but this part of the country for black people, black peo...

Church. matter of fact, we missed service this morning to come and share with you a little of our culture. so, all of us are in the church. this is the mother of our church. our church is 195 years old. >> i hope i didnt get you in trouble with the minister because you missed church today. >> no, shell straighten him out. [ laughter ] >> shes his boss, yeah, yeah, yeah. the gulla are fighting to preserve their culture and like all marginalized groups in america, it is always a fight. >> unfort...

The bathroom at 3:00 in the morning, im almost done uncle johnny. almost done. fade to black, ill be here for awhile. ♪ down to the river where john baptized three ♪ ♪ walked the devil in hell where johnny baptized me ♪ ♪ singing roll, johnny roll >> truly, i had an amazing time this week. the gullah people welcomed me to a home i didnt even know was my home. and the gullah proved yet again that black people in america are not one thing. sure, there are areas of the country that identi...

The ring shout came from africa. this special rhythmic beat came dpr africa, but these songs, we just -- we couldnt not supposed to read and write, but we could remember words. so, were keeping it alive from one generation to the next generation, and now to this generation. >> growing up, my only other exposure to gullah culture was when i saw "daughters of the dust" a groundbreaking independent film by writer director julie dash. it is a tribute to julies gullah roots. in 2004, the library of c...

Place to get an education on gullah culture and language than the penn center. established in 1862, the penn center is living history. formerly the penn school, it was the first school for freed enslaved africans. it was a popular retreat for martin luther king, jr. and other civil rights leaders because being surrounded for black people miles and miles made a civil rights leader feel safe. i wonder why? legend has it mlk wrote part of his "i have a dream" speech here. maybe he fell asleep under...

Language back. >> were helping to bring the gullah language in the school system. >> oh, so it can be taught the way other languages -- >> thats always been my personal mission. when i started working with gullah geechee teaching, i want it to be taught like other languages. i want to be so fluent that english is my second language. >> that you have to think in gullah and translate it back to english. >> wouldnt that be beautiful? yeah, i love my culture. >> i can tell, i can tell. what was life...

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