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SUMMARY:Florida’s Gullah Geechee Legacy
DESCRIPTION:\nDuring Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Month\n\n\n\nFriday, October 2 | 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM\n\n\n\nPresenter: Derek Hankerson, Filmmaker & Historian\n\n\n\nDISCOVER A POWERFUL CHAPTER OF FLORIDA’S HISTORYThis October, during Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Month, join filmmaker, historian, and cultural advocate Derek Hankerson for a fascinating look at Florida’s Gullah Geechee legacy and the remarkable people, places, and stories that helped shape the state’s history.\n\n\n\nThe Gullah Geechee story reaches from the Sea Islands and coastal communities of the Carolinas into Florida, carrying generations of traditions, perseverance, faith, family, agriculture, and the pursuit of freedom. Hankerson has spent more than two decades researching and preserving this history, inspired in part by his own family connections to Gullah Geechee communities in South Carolina and Florida.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA PERSONAL CONNECTION TO A LARGER STORYHankerson’s family history offers a unique window into Florida’s past. His great-great-grandfather, Rev. J. P. Hankerson, served with the Florida Freedmen’s Bureau during Reconstruction, while his great-grandfather, Rev. J. H. Hankerson, became one of Florida’s pioneering African American civic leaders. His grandmother also lived in historic Gullah Geechee communities in Florida, creating a family connection that spans generations and states.\n\n\n\nThrough his research, documentaries, teaching, and preservation efforts, Hankerson has helped bring greater recognition to Florida’s place within the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor. His work contributed to the expansion of the federally recognized corridor to include St. Johns County and has explored the connections between Florida, South Carolina’s Lowcountry, Fort Mose, the Seminole experience, and the southern route to freedom.\n\n\n\nSEE HISTORY THROUGH A NEW LENSHankerson is also an accomplished filmmaker and educator. He wrote, narrated, produced, and directed the documentary Gullah Geechee Corridor & the East Coast Greenways, and has taught college-level courses on Florida’s Gullah Geechee history. His work extends beyond the classroom through historical documentaries, walking tours, film festivals, and advocacy for preserving and accurately interpreting African American history.\n\n\n\nFor this special October presentation, Hankerson will also share family photographs and images from his international travels to Portugal, Germany, and Ireland, where he conducted primary research connected to American history and the transatlantic slave trade and its connections to West Africans known as Gullah Geechee.\n\n\n\nCome discover the people and stories behind Florida’s Gullah Geechee legacy and explore how their history is an essential part of the larger American story.\n\n\n\nADMISSION:\n\n\n\n$5 for Members | $18 for Non-MembersValid Membership card required for member entry\n\n\n\nPlease Pay HERE Online to ensure your seat.This talk is expected to sell out – there is no guaranteed availability at the door\n\n\n\nAny Questions, please call us at (772) 225-1961\n\n\n\n\n
URL:https://hsmc-fl.com/calendar/floridas-gullah-geechee-legacy/
CATEGORIES:Elliott,Lectures,Special Events
LOCATION:825 NE Ocean Boulevard, Stuart, FL 34996
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