{"id":403254,"date":"2026-09-18T05:02:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T05:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/403254\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T05:02:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T05:02:16","slug":"jacksonvilles-gullah-geechee-heritage-a-community-conversation-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/403254\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville\u2019s Gullah Geechee Heritage: A Community Conversation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Join Jacksonville Today reporter Will Brown for a special conversation exploring Jacksonville\u2019s Gullah Geechee heritage. Will will discuss the new book Jacksonville\u2019s Gullah Geechee Heritage with authors Ennis Davis and Adrienne Burke, highlighting the culture, traditions and stories of the community that helped shape our city.<\/p>\n<p>The conversation will also feature:<\/p>\n<p>Ashantae Green \u2013 Commissioner, Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor and Sustainability Manager, City of Jacksonville<\/p>\n<p>Saundra Morene \u2013 President\/CEO, Jacksonville Gullah Geechee Nation CDC<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Waters \u2013 Director, Neighborhoods, City of Jacksonville<\/p>\n<p>Jacksonville\u2019s Gullah Geechee Heritage will be available for purchase at the event, and the authors will be on hand to sign copies.<\/p>\n<p>Local agencies will also be available to share resources and information, including the Best Richardson African Diaspora Literature &amp; Culture Museum, Florida Avenue Main Street and Gullah\/Geechee Cultural Community Trust, Inc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Join Jacksonville Today reporter Will Brown for a special conversation exploring Jacksonville\u2019s Gullah Geechee heritage. Will will discuss&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403255,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2405,6104,3090,684,28,3964,116,118,117,2816,14945,1407,3091,14943,687,110,106,107,14944],"class_list":["post-403254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-attractions","tag-beaches","tag-dining","tag-events","tag-florida","tag-hotels","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-jax","tag-meetings","tag-music","tag-nightlife","tag-places-to-stay","tag-restaurants","tag-sports","tag-things-to-do","tag-travel","tag-weddings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}