Prof. Newsome Explores the Effects of Climate Change on Black Families along the Gullah-Geechee Corridor

Independent journalist and adjunct for the WFU Journalism Program, Melba Newsome, recently published an article in The Post & Courier titled “Vanishing land: Climate change displaces Black families along the Gullah-Geechee Corridor.”

Newsome’s work was supported by grants from the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting and Internews, and explores both the physical and cultural impacts of climate change on Black families living along the Gullah-Geechee Corridor. You can read the full story here.

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