Curious Roots

Michelle McCrary
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Curious Roots is a podcast and living archive unearthing the lessons of history to imagine a better future. Though the format of the podcast may vary from season to season, be it narratives, one-on-one interviews or panel discussions, the root line is the same. What are the stories from our family and community histories that travel with us into the present? How do we understand and work with these histories as both individuals and as collectives to create the world of now and the future? Season one of the podcast begins with the maternal story of my own curious roots, still buried, but breathing and holding fast in Harris Neck, Georgia. Curious Roots is hosted by Michelle McCrary and is co-produced by Moonshadow Productions and DayClean Communications.

  1. 6월 27일

    The Negroes Aren't Quite Sure What We're After

    We take a closer look into Isaac Baisden Jr.'s life and the events brewing around him in the summer of 1939 when he met William R. Bascom in Harris Neck. Newsreel clips from the Internet Archive. Music by Clarence Williams' Blue Five - Everybody Loves My Baby Curious Roots is executive produced by Michelle McCrary for DayClean Communications and Moonshadow Productions. Music and additional co-production by Juan Pablo Piedrahita. Learn more about the Harris Neck at harrisnecklandtrust.org. Learn more about the Black coastal communities from North Carolina to Florida at gullahgeecheecorridor.org.

    19분

  2. 6월 8일

    Hurston, Bascom, Drums, and Shadows

    William R. Bascom and Zora Neale Hurston were both trained anthropologists interviewing communities for Federal Project Number One. Looking at their work for the W.P.A. begs the question, what are the limits of scholar/researcher engaging in research outside their own culture? How did those limits affect the work of the Georgia Federal Writers Project? Episode two digs into both those questions. Zora Neale Hurston clips from the Library of Congress. Curious Roots is executive produced by Michelle McCrary for DayClean Communications and Moonshadow Productions. Music and additional co-production by Juan Pablo Piedrahita. Learn more about the Harris Neck at harrisnecklandtrust.org. Learn more about the Black coastal communities from North Carolina to Florida at gullahgeecheecorridor.org.

    18분

  3. 5월 29일

    Dawn of the Sweet Grass Era

    Welcome to season three of Curious Roots! A new piece of research about my second great-grandfather Isaac Baisden Jr. sets up the new season of the podcast. The story begins three years before the destruction of Harris Neck. Original music in this episode is inspired by the rhythm of the Ring Shout. Curious Roots is executive produced by Michelle McCrary for DayClean Communications and Moonshadow Productions. Music and additional co-production by Juan Pablo Piedrahita. Learn more about the Harris Neck at harrisnecklandtrust.org. Learn more about the Black coastal communities from North Carolina to Florida at gullahgeecheecorridor.org.

    8분

  4. 2024. 06. 05.

    Part Two: Rich Connections

    The second part of our interview with Mr. Griffin Lotson brings us to our final episode of season two. Mr. Lotson continues his story about Kumbaya. Discussed in this episode, Drums and Shadows: Survival Studies Among the Georgia Coastal Negroes and its connection to Mr. Lotson's story about Kumbaya as well as the infamous Old Man Thorpe father to my third great grandmother Ethel "Effie" Proctor. He also shares how he became the manager of the nationally acclaimed Geechee Gullah Ring Shouters.   Image: Du Bois, W. E. B. The Georgia Negro Darien, McIntosh Co., Ga. Distribution of Negro inhabitants. Georgia Paris Darien France, ca. 1900. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2013650364/.

    53분

  5. 2024. 05. 29.

    Rich Connections

    Rounding out the final two part episode of season two, is Mr. Griffin Lotson, Georgia Commission Vice Chair for the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission,Chief Executive Officer of the non-profit Sams Memorial Community Economic Development, Inc., and manager of the nationally acclaimed Geechee Gullah Ring Shouters.  I sat down with Mr. Lotson last year to discuss his own deep roots in McIntosh County, Georgia heritage and his work to share Gullah Geechee culture globally. He talks about being a part of the beginnings of the creation of the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission and how this culture work brought him to share the true story of the famous folk song Kumbaya.

    37분

  6. 2024. 05. 22.

    Part Two: This Why We Come to Be Kin

    We continue our conversation with Adolphus Armstrong of the Lowcountry DNA Project in this episode. We return once again to the issues of land, removal, heirs property, and exploited labor as those topics relate to Harris Neck and beyond.  We also talk about the book The Half Has Never Been Told : Slavery And The Making Of American Capitalism by Edward E. Baptist and how the patterns  of enslavers trafficking stolen African people across the country are seared into the DNA of Black folks today. (Image: My 3rd great grandmother Ethel "Effie" Proctor (neè Thorpe)

    33분

  7. 2024. 05. 15.

    Part One: This Is Why We Come To Be Kin

    Researcher and genealogist Terri Ward always says all roads lead back to Coastal Georgia.  This week's guest Adolpohus Armstrong, who heads up the Lowcountry DNA Project with Ujima Genealogy, helps people trace those roads of their roots back to Coastal Georgia. Adolphus shares how he got started with the project and the many fascinating stories that have emerged from his work. Learn more about the Lowcountry DNA Project and how you can get involved.

    39분

  8. 2024. 05. 08.

    Determined Not to Lose Part 2 of 2

    Season two of Curious Roots continues with the second part of our interview with Mr. Winston Relaford.  He shares the difficulties of attempting to get justice from the federal government and the struggle to find politicians who are willing to stand up and do what's right. Mr. Relaford also reminds us what it means to have Harris Neck restored both to the community and to the cultural legacy of Gullah Geechee descendants across the world. Image: Map of Mcintosh  County GA. white with black lines and colorful dots created by W. E. B. Du Bois, The Georgia Negro McIntosh County, Georgia. McIntosh County Paris Georgia France, ca. 1900. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2013650363/.

    31분
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Curious Roots is a podcast and living archive unearthing the lessons of history to imagine a better future. Though the format of the podcast may vary from season to season, be it narratives, one-on-one interviews or panel discussions, the root line is the same. What are the stories from our family and community histories that travel with us into the present? How do we understand and work with these histories as both individuals and as collectives to create the world of now and the future? Season one of the podcast begins with the maternal story of my own curious roots, still buried, but breathing and holding fast in Harris Neck, Georgia. Curious Roots is hosted by Michelle McCrary and is co-produced by Moonshadow Productions and DayClean Communications.

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    Michelle McCrary
  • 방송 연도
    2026년
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    © 2025 Michelle McCrary
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