Susan Cooper Eastman

Oct 20, 2024 | nytimes.com | Corina Knoll |Christina Morales |Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon |Susan Cooper Eastman |Hank Sanders

They had come to Sapelo Island, Ga., just off the curve of coast, for a celebration of resilience, of a people, of a culture that for generations had been so fragile but could not be broken. The smell of smoked mullet drifted. Vendors sold red peas and rice. Performers onstage presented poetry and sang African spirituals.

Oct 20, 2024 | spokesman.com | Christina Morales |Hank Sanders |Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon |Susan Cooper Eastman

Officials on a Georgia island Sunday were investigating the collapse of a ferry dock gangway the previous day that killed seven people and left three others hospitalized. The dock was carrying people gathered for an annual celebration of a community of slave descendants. The deaths on Sapelo Island were confirmed by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, which manages the island and operates its ferry service. The island is about 70 miles south of Savannah, Georgia, by road.