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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 service and segregation. they were often condemned by church leaders as houses of the devil. willia...

No doubt, but what is it? i guess the first thing you've got to know is it's 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 cities, where workers could dance, drink, party, and gamble as a respite from the hard labor of de...

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 farming, house service and segregation. they were often condemned by church leaders as houses of the dev...

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 cannon's detention center. >> me being here all my life, i have to actually sit back and listen. they talk fast. it's rumbling or mumbling, but it's just their language and they speak deep. >> the gullah and geechee

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 cannon's detention center. >> me being here all my life, i have to sit back and listen. they talk fast. it's rumbling or mumbling, but it's just the language. and they speak deep. >> the accent is sometimes mistaken for jamaican.