Emory Campbell (em-more-ee kam-bull)
micro-biologist, activist
IMAGE SOURCE: Photo by Rob Kaufman in “Bridging Past and Future.” Hilton Head Monthly. 28 Jan. 2020. | TEXT SOURCE: Brian Andrew Graves. “Communication, Development and Cultural Preservation: The Case of Gullah History and Culture on James Island, SC.” Doctoral Thesis. UNC Chapel Hill. 2010.
QUOTE CONTEXT: “If you needed a net knitted, you knew where the net knitter was. You shared information… Now on the island people…have a job that takes all their time and hardly ever get to go fishing. They realize they’ve changed day-to-day occupations and a way of life.”
QUOTE QUESTION: How did your People survive before there was a cash economy?
IMAGE CONTEXT: “In their new book, “Gullah Days: Hilton Head Islanders Before the Bridge,” authors Carolyn Grant, Thomas C. Barnwell, Jr. and Emory Campbell (middle) present a meticulous history of the Gullah people, beginning with “the day of the big gun shoot.”
IMAGE QUESTION: Where and with whom do you stand to affirm your ancestors’ lessons?
MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: The quote is from a doctoral thesis and the photo is from a monthly place-based magazine.
MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: What media sources are interested in the history of your People?
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