MORROW— From Thursday, Feb. 1 to Saturday, Feb. 3, the Georgia Archives and the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical SocietyMetro Atlanta Chapter will present the 2024 African American Symposium.
south africans are in danger of losing the land their family has owned for generations. trymaine lee now with more on why. ancestors when they were able to purchase land, that is the first thing they did. reporter: for 400 years, they passed down their language, art and traditions. and for the last 150 years, they passed down their land. which spans the southeast coast from north carolina to florida. an area known as the gullah corridor. about 200,000 people claim family ties to the formerly enslaved people mostly from west africa. and this descendant has a farm that sits on land her great grandfather once owned. i m holding a deed now that was of my great grandfather, robert green. 1862, purchased 20 acres of land