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Griffin Lotson
'Griffin Lotson'' (born June 20, 1954) is an African-American historian, born in Crescent, Georgia. He is a seventh-generation Gullah Geechee. He serves as a councilman and the mayor pro-tem in Darien, Georgia. He also manages the Geechee Gullah Ring Shouters. He is the national Federal Government vice-chairman and former treasurer of the federal Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission. Early life Lotson is a Gullah Geechee African-American descendant. He was born in Crescent, Georgia, and grew up in Darien, Georgia doing ring shout with his grandfather. In his childhood, he attended the congregation of Carneghan Emanuel Baptist Church & Sams Memorial Church Of God In Christ, where he heard people sing "Come by Here" famously known as ''kumbaya'' a hymn that was a call to those who are oppressed, sick, or were at the verge of dying. Career Lotson got a job in the federal government during his teenage and moved to Washington. At the age of 40, he returned to Geor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African Americans
African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa. African Americans constitute the second largest ethno-racial group in the U.S. after White Americans. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of Africans enslaved in the United States. In 2023, an estimated 48.3 million people self-identified as Black, making up 14.4% of the country’s population. This marks a 33% increase since 2000, when there were 36.2 million Black people living in the U.S. African-American history began in the 16th century, with Africans being sold to European slave traders and transported across the Atlantic to the Western Hemisphere. They were sold as slaves to European colonists and put to work on plantations, particularly in the southern colonies. A few were able to achieve freedom th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrie Mae Weems
Carrie Mae Weems (born April 20, 1953) is an American artist working in text, fabric, audio, digital images and Video installation, installation video, and is best known for her photography. She achieved prominence through her early 1990s photographic project ''The Kitchen Table Series''. Her photographs, films and videos focus on serious issues facing African Americans today, including racism, sexism, politics and personal identity. She once said, "Let me say that my primary concern in art, as in politics, is with the status and place of Afro-Americans in the country." More recently, however, she expressed the view that "Black experience is not really the main point; rather, complex, dimensional, human experience and social inclusion ... is the real point." She continues to produce art that provides social commentary on the experiences of people of color, especially black women, in America. Her talents have been recognized by Harvard University and Wellesley College, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
