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Sallie Ann Robinson proudly stood in the front yard of her grandmother’s South Carolina home. The sixth-generation native of Daufuskie Island, a once-thriving Gullah community, remembered relatives hosting meals and
DAUFUSKIE ISLAND, S.C. (AP) Sallie Ann Robinson proudly stands in the front yard of her grandmother’s South Carolina home. The sixth-generation native
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Researchers estimate there are less than 30 incorporated historic Black towns in the United States, down from 1,200 at the peak between the 1880s and 1915.