Two university researchers are looking for dozens of teachers to travel to Georgia and South Carolina to study the culture and traditions of the Gullah, descendants of slaves living along the Southern Atlantic coast.
University of Connecticut professors Robert Stephens and Mary Ellen Junda have been awarded a $180,000 grant by the National Endowment for the Humanities to conduct workshops for 80 elementary and high school teachers next summer.
The groups will visit the Penn Center, a South Carolina nonprofit dedicated to preserving Gullah Culture, and travel to Sapelo Island, where about 50 slave descendants still live off the Georgia coast.
Because their ancestors lived on isolated islands, the Gullah are considered to have retained more of their African roots and traditions than any group in America.
Monday, June 17 2013 11:41 PM EDT2013-06-18 03:41:39 GMT
Sudden rains caused flash flooding in parts of the metro Atlanta area on Monday.
Sudden rains caused flash flooding in parts of the metro Atlanta area on Monday. The Georgia Department of Transportation said that northbound lanes of Interstate 75 at Forest Parkway were closed after the roadway was flooded.
Monday, June 17 2013 11:36 PM EDT2013-06-18 03:36:57 GMT
Tyler Perry is donating $50,000 to help a good Samaritan left paralyzed from the waist down after risking his life to save a young girl swept away by a creek.
Tyler Perry is donating $50,000 to help a good Samaritan left paralyzed from the waist down after risking his life to save a young girl swept away by a creek.
Monday, June 17 2013 10:48 PM EDT2013-06-18 02:48:40 GMT
The committee overseeing the new Atlanta Falcons stadium plans chose a preliminary stadium design on Monday.Back in April, a tentative agreement for the Kansas City-based 360 Architecture was approved
The committee overseeing the new Atlanta Falcons stadium plans chose a preliminary stadium design on Monday.Back in April, a tentative agreement for the Kansas City-based 360 Architecture was approved
