Happy Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Awareness Month! Excited to report that U.S.Senate candidate @AngieNixon—a 5th-generation Jacksonville,FL, native—is #Gullah #Geechee! youtu.be/rmw3gsS--uU?is=9Ob0… She’s in good company! Here are some other notable folk who are Gullah Geechee: •Michelle Obama, Former First Lady of the United States •Michael Jordan, Greatest NBA Player of All Time  •James Brown, Singer, Record Producer, Bandleader, and Soul Brother No. 1 •Joseph Rainey, First African-American Congressman Elected After Emancipation & Georgetown Native •Darius Rucker, Multi-Grammy Award Winning Singer/Songwriter •Septima Poinsette Clark, Civil Rights Pioneer & Educator •Chris Rock, Comedian, Actor, Producer •Joe Frazier, Former Heavyweight Champion of the World, Olympic Gold Medalist •Robert Smalls, Freedom Fighter, 5-Term U.S. Congressman & the “Father of Public Education” in the U.S. •Sen. Raphael Warnock •Sen. Tim •Rev. Richard Cain, U.S. Congressman, Pastor, Newspaper editor, & Entrepreneur •Robert Sengstacke Abbott, American Lawyer, Newspaper Publisher, Editor, and Founder of the The Chicago Defender  •Sallie Ann Robinson, Cookbook Author, Chef, & Cultural Historian •Jonathan Green, Internationally Renowned Contemporary Artist •Mary Jackson, Master Sweetgrass Basketmaker, MacArthur Genius Grant Recipient, NEA National Heritage Fellow •Michael Twitty, Chef, Cookbook Author, Culinary Historian, Educator •Charlamagne tha God (born Lenard McKelvey), American Radio Host and Television Personality •Jim Brown, NFL Legend & Pro Football Hall of Famer, Sports Analyst, Actor •Chubby Checker (born Ernest Evans), Rock and Roll Singer and Dance Innovator •Shuwanza Goff, Former White House Deputy Director, House Office of Legislative Affairs •Beverly “Bevy” Smith, Media Mogul, Former Luxury Fashion Industry Executive, Business Woman, Bestselling Author •Emily Meggett, Cookbook Author and Gullah Geechee Elder •Gullah Jack, Enslaved Freedom Fighter •Benjamin “BJ” Dennis IV, Chef, Culinary Historian, Advocate for preserving Gullah Geechee cooking and farming practice  •Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor, Culinary Anthropologist, Griot, Poet, Food Book Author & Writer, NPR Broadcaster •Octavius Catto, Teacher, Civil Rights Activist, and organizer of one of America's first baseball leagues. •Major Gen. Joseph McNeil, leader of the 1960 Greensboro Woolworth sit-ins that galvanized youth to fight segregation nationwide. •James Jamerson, Rock and Roll Musician and Innovator, Member of the Famed Motown House Band The Funk Brothers •Fredericka Carolyn "Fredi" Washington, Stage and Film Actor, Civil Rights Activist, and Writer    •Matthew Raiford, Chef, Author, 6th-generation Farmer •Robert Robinson Taylor, First-accredited African-American Architect and First African-American Student Enrolled at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) •Halle & Chloe Bailey, Singers & Actors •Michael Harriott, award-winning journalist, cultural critic, and New York Times bestselling author •Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, Grammy Award-winning rapper and creative force of the legendary 1990s R&B/hip-hop group TLC •Abraham Lincoln “A.L.” Lewis, founded the Afro-American Life Insurance Company in Jacksonville, FL, and American Beach, and he was the state's first African-American millionaire •Jonnetta Cole, pioneering American anthropologist, educator, and first Black female president of Spelman College •Bertice Berry, Sociologist, Novelist, Lecturer, and Educator •Daryl Mitchell, Actor and Rapper  •Phillip Reid, Enslaved Skilled Tradesman (Helped complete the making and installation of the Statue of Freedom that sits atop the U.S. Capitol dome) •Denmark Vesey, Freedom Fighter, Community Leader, Businessman, & Co-Founder of Emanuel AME Church (Mother Emanuel)