- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Cornelia Bailey
- Date of Original:
- 1945/2017
- Subject:
- African American authors--Georgia--Sapelo Island
African American women authors--Georgia--Sapelo Island
Herbs--Therapeutic use--Georgia--Sapelo Island
Gullah women--Georgia--Sapelo Island
Gullahs--Georgia--Sapelo Island
Herbs--Georgia--Sapelo Island
Authors, American--Georgia--Sapelo Island
Women authors, American--Georgia--Sapelo Island
Bailey, Cornelia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, McIntosh County, Sapelo Island, 31.39745, -81.27871
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Cornelia Bailey gathers silver grass and life everlasting, an herb used by her grandfather to make medicinal tea, on Sapelo Island. Bailey received a 2004 Governor's Award in the Humanities for her efforts to preserve the island's Geechee culture.
Photograph of Cornelia Bailey gathering silver grass and life everlasting, an herb used by her grandfather to make medicinal tea, on Sapelo Island, Georgia. Bailey received a 2004 Governor's Award in the Humanities for her efforts to preserve the island's Geechee culture.
As a member of the last generation of African Americans born and educated on Sapelo Island, Cornelia Bailey as become one of Georgia's most vocal defenders of her homeland and its African American heritage. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/cornelia-bailey-1945-2017/m-8188/
- Rights Holder:
- Photograph by Richard Cheppy. Courtesy of Cornelia Bailey
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/cornelia-bailey-b-1945
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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