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Scholars have suggested the word juk came from the gullah, descendants of enslaved africans, and it meant wicked or disorderly, to dance, or a place of shelter. juke joints started as plantation community rooms during slavery times. they went on to become the small, private african-american run bars, clubs, and lounges, first in rural areas, then in towns and cities, where workers could dance, drink, party, and gamble as a respite from the hard labor of delta sharecropping, tenant farming, house...

No doubt, but what is it? i guess the first thing youve got to know is its pronounced "juk" joint. and this one, this is a real good one. scholars have suggested the word juk came from the gullah, descendants of enslaved africans, and it meant wicked or disorderly, to dance, or a place of shelter. juke joints started as plantation community rooms during slavery times. they went on to become the small, private african-american run bars, clubs, and lounges, first in rural areas, then in towns and ...

Good one. scholars have suggested the word juk came from the gullah, descendants of enslaved africans, and it meant wicked or disorderly, to dance, or a place of shelter. juke joints started as plantation community rooms during slavery times. they went on to become the small, private african-american run bars, clubs, and lounges, first in rural areas, then in towns and cities, where workers could dance, drink, party, and gamble as a respite from the hard labor of delta sharecropping, tenant farm...

On some of the rural island communities off the coast of charleston, south carolina, many african-americans identify as gullah or geechee. cultures that date back to their ancestors who lived as slaves. they speak an english-based creole language that can still be heard throughout the region and inside the sheriff al cannons detention center. >> me being here all my life, i have to actually sit back and listen. they talk fast. its rumbling or mumbling, but its just their language and they speak ...

On some of the rural island communities off the coast of charleston, south carolina, many african-americans identify as gullah or geechee. cultures that date back to their ancestors, who lived here as slaves. they speak an english-based creole language that can still be heard throughout the region. and inside the sheriff al cannons detention center. >> me being here all my life, i have to sit back and listen. they talk fast. its rumbling or mumbling, but its just the language. and they speak dee...

Scholars have suggested the word juk came from the gullah, descendants of enslaved africans, and it meant wicked or disorderly, to dance, or a place of shelter. juke joints started as plantation community rooms during slavery times. they went on to become the small, private african-american run bars, clubs, and lounges, first in rural areas, then in towns and cities, where workers could dance, drink, party, and gamble as a respite from the hard labor of delta sharecropping, tenant farming, house...

And this one, this is a real good one. scholars have suggested the word juk came from the gullah, descendants of enslaved africans, and it meant wicked or disorderly, to dance, or a place of shelter. juke joints started as plantation community rooms during slavery times. they went on to become the small, private african-american run bars, clubs, and lounges, first in rural areas, then in towns and cities, where workers could dance, drink, party, and gamble as a respite from the hard labor of del...

>> the gullah and geechee accent is sometimes mistaken for jamaican. >> they do kind of relate the language because they speak so we kind of sound the same, i guess. but im from south carolina. im not from jamaica. >> they call us geechees. we talk like we from jamaica or something like that. >> carlton solomon jr. has lived his entire life on nearby johns island. >> it aint got nothing. just dirt roads and trouble. thats really it. dirt roads and trouble. how you doing, buddy? >> good. >> you a...

Juk came from the gullah, descendants of enslaved africans, and it meant wicked or disorderly, to dance, or a place of shelter. juke joints started as plantation community rooms during slavery times. they went on to become the small, private african-american run bars, clubs, and lounges, first in rural areas, then in towns and cities, where workers could dance, drink, party, and gamble as a respite from the hard labor of delta sharecropping, tenant farming, house service and segregation. they we...

And this one, this is a real good one. scholars have suggested the word juk came from the gullah, descendants of enslaved africans, and it meant wicked or disorderly, to dance, or a place of shelter. juke joints started as plantation community rooms during slavery times. they went on to become the small, private african-american run bars, clubs, and lounges, first in rural areas, then in towns and cities, where workers could dance, drink, party, and gamble as a respite from the hard labor of del...