Sustaining Traditional Sea Island Communities
Public Deposited- Creator
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Morais, Nina
- Other Affiliation: Project Director, Sea Islands Preservation Project, St. Helena Island, SC
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McDomick, Joseph
- Other Affiliation: Program Director, Sea Islands Preservation Project, St. Helena Island, SC
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Bobrow, Sarah
- Other Affiliation: Economic Development Coordinator, Sea Islands Preservation Project, St. Helena Island, SC
- Abstract
- A Carolina Planning interview with representatives of the Sea Islands Preservation Project, St. Helena Island, South Carolina, March 1994. The Sea Islands off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia are being overtaken by rapid, poorly planned development. One casualty is the islands' fragile environment. Another is the islands' unique African-American culture. Sprawling suburbs and exclusive resort "plantations" are quickly displacing the islands' vulnerable black communities. For Sea Island blacks [known as the Gullah], whose distinctive language, music, cuisine, and crafts make them the most African of all African-Americans, the process of development has rightly been called 'cultural genocide'.
- Date of publication
- 1995
- DOI
- Resource type
- Article
- Rights statement
- In Copyright
- Journal title
- Carolina Planning Journal
- Journal volume
- 20
- Journal issue
- 1
- Page start
- 18
- Page end
- 22
- Language
- English
- Digital collection
- Carolina Planning Journal
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