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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. >> we're happy you came to visit we people. >> while it's 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 of disappearing for good, opposite of what helped make it disappear in the first place. renaming it...

I'm just looking at the fancy table clothes. [ laughter ] >> this is the south. that's what you need. >> oh, yeah. >> you always have to have newspaper on the table. won't 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 people's life and culture here is so different from the rest. are you hopeful for the survival of th...

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 didn't get you in trouble with the minister because you missed church today. >> no, she'll straighten him out. [ laughter ] >> she's 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. >> unfortunately, people would say to me, boy, you're too geechee. the reason why they said that, you need...

The bathroom at 3:00 in the morning, i'm almost done uncle johnny. almost done. fade to black, i'll 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 didn't 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 identifies black like oakland, detroit and harlem. but have you been to those places lately? they are c...

The ring shout came from africa. this special rhythmic beat came dpr africa, but these songs, we just -- we couldn't not supposed to read and write, but we could remember words. so, we're 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 julie's gullah roots. in 2004, the library of congress added it to the national film registry as she was the first female african-american direc...