ideas, goals, a mission and direction. Te plan articulates programs that reflect the goals of the Corridor,” said Dr. Herman Blake, who serves as executive director of the Commission. “My task is to begin to make that happen, to give the management plan flesh and life.” He described Allen’s role in the establishment of the Corridor as “absolutely central.” Why is the Corridor important to the telling of the American story? “Te Gullah Geechee population reflects an extraordi-
nary experience that has created an extremely important element of American character, not just African-American or Gullah but American character,” Blake commented. “In spite of hardships, ownership and dispersion of families, the community survived. Even after the Civil War ended, the people lived under difficult circumstances for another 100 years, yet a culture survived and flourished.”
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As Michael Allen moved on to his next task, he left behind a mountain of memories captured during the long road to the establishment of the Gullah Geechee Corri- dor, not the least of which was a place in President Barak Obama’s second inauguration parade. It seems Allen’s
Michael Allen with the banner that is on display throughout the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor.
research revealed that Michelle Obama’s great-grandfather had been a slave on Friendfield Plantation near George- town. With that information in hand, Allen submitted an application that would give Commission members the honor of riding on a float in the parade. For Allen, the parade was a small but important part of an extraordinary story – one he never tires of telling.
It takes a Village TO MAKE A HOME
BILL: COMMUNITY LEADER, DISCERNING BUSINESSMAN
Bill served as the chairman of the board for a well-regarded retirement home north of Charleston for several years. “I’m well-versed in housing for seniors,” says Bill, who visited a number of residential facilities around the state in his role as board chair- man. “I knew what to look for, and my wife and I had done our homework about what we wanted. For us, Sandpiper was clearly the best all-round choice. We had many friends already here, everything is all on one floor, and the food is excellent.”
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