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Not going away to. The point about a. Month . Going on now they are coming up. I think you're going to be about how do you know that. Was my I love that song I still remember the dance it's like engraved into my brain . That way is that the last that was Rio with the bass a boy's remakes of Mark arena also had a pretty balanced in there with La Bamba were doing a whole bunch of songs just about dances with some of the silliest dances you've ever seen people get into you they were like line dances like that this one person called me and in Click has his name but he was talking about this ban...

History standpoint, this is really important, important space. >> turns out that this wharf is not only a part of gullah culture, but it is an essential part of american history. see, it is more than 90% likely that every african-american has at least one relative who landed here. and while that fact fills me with awe, i am also disgusted by the fact of why these people were brought here in the first place. the other thing i know about this area of the country is the gullah. they're still holding onto a lot of their african culture i hear. >> yeah, it's a very powerful cultural phenomenon. m...

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 the tree. obama named the penn center as a national monument. i wonder why previous presidents ha...

An underexplored part of american history. it's more than 90% likely that everyone african-american has at least one relative landing here. while that fact fills me with you a i'm disgusted with the fact of which they were brought here in the first place. . the other thing i know about this area is the gullah still hold a lot of the african cult here. >> it's a very powerful cultural phenomenon. my great great grandfather was called a gullah statesman. i'm a the great great grandson of a statesman. he was born about hour and a half south of here worked on a boat called the planter. oenga the...

Languages are taut. >> that's always been my personal mission. when i started working with gullah geechee and promoting it preserving it i said i want it taught like any other language. i want to be so fluent in gullah that english is my second language. yeah. >> you got to think in gullah and translate back to english. >> wouldn't that be beautiful. i love my culture. >> i can tell. >> i love it. >> i can tell. what was life like growing up when you were a kid. >> different because my mother is white my father is full gullah. >> okay. >> my mother and father had previous marriages and got tog...