{"title":"Carolyn Grant","description":"Barnwell testified before the US Senate Committee on Hunger and Malnutrition and Human Needs in February 1969 and before the House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing relating to the National Consumer Cooperative Bank Act in June 1976. Carolyn Grant is a former staff writer for the Island Packet and the Greenville News. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Spelman College, a Master of Science degree in Journalism from Northwestern University, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Public Health from Walden University. In addition to writing for newspapers, Grant currently works in the healthcare marketing and public relations field. She serves on the board of directors for numerous organizations and is a freelance writer. Although now closed, Grant worked with her family's restaurant business, Abe's Native Shrimp House, which preserved Gullah culture and history through the preparation of Gullah cuisine. Grant is a member of Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, which is 103 years old.","products":[{"product_id":"gullah-days-hilton-head-islanders-before-the-bridge-1861-1956-paperback","title":"Gullah Days: Hilton Head Islanders Before the Bridge 1861-1956 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Gullah culture, though borne of isolation and slavery, thrived on the US East Coast sea islands from pre-Civil War times until today, and nowhere more prominently than on Hilton Head Island, SC.\u003c\/b\u003e On this small barrier island descendants of the first generations of Gullah people continue to preserve Gullah language, customs, arts, and cuisine. The three authors of \u003ci\u003eGullah Days: Hilton Head Islanders Before the Bridge 1861-1956\u003c\/i\u003e are among those descendants, and in this book, they chronicle the amazing history of their secluded community from the Civil War through the 1950s, when real estate development connected Hilton Head Island to the mainland with a bridge.\u003cbr\u003e The history of these Gullah islanders, little celebrated until now, is an amazing American story. Hilton Head Island was one of the first areas liberated by Union troops after Fort Sumter. With plantation owners absent, the society of formerly enslaved Gullah people embarked on the activities of freedom: enlisting in fighting for the Union army; creating the first black-governed community in the South, complete with a police force; and, when formal emancipation arrived, running for office, campaigning, and voting.\u003cbr\u003e This book illustrates in vivid detail the story of that vibrant post-Civil War era and the tangled perils of Reconstruction that followed, along with all of the progress and setbacks of African Americans in the South over 150 years via the lives of Gullah Hilton Head Islanders. Authors rely on the historical records and amazing first-person accounts they have gathered from their relatives and other community members to tell this riveting story.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51367747616991,"sku":"9781949467079","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/YIPK4sG7gg9781949467079.webp?v=1789113425"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/carolyn-grant.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}