On June 15, 2011 Dionne Hoskins interviewed Rebecca Bonds Bowen, better known as “Miss Sula,” as part of the Georgia Black Fishermen oral history project. Miss Sula was born in 1946 in Pin Point, Georgia—a small Gullah Geechee community founded in 1896, eleven miles southeast of Savannah, in Chatham County. Growing up, Miss Sula was often the primary caregiver for her younger siblings because her parents would leave early in the morning to either catch or pick crabs.

On August 28, 2014, Dr.

On November 2, 2015, Dr. Dionne Hoskins interviewed Stephanie Anderson as part of the Georgia Black Fishermen oral history project.  Stephanie Anderson grew up with a large, close-knit, extended family in Pin Point, Georgia—a small Gullah Geechee community founded in 1896.

On August 17, 2009, Cathay Sakas interviewed George Walker as part of the Georgia Black Fishermen oral history project.  George was born in 1946 on Sapelo Island, Georgia—a small Gullah Geechee community founded on the fourth largest barrier island in the 1700s, 60 miles south of Savannah, in McIntosh County.  George was an experienced shrimper during the 1960s, prior to working as a licensed captain aboard research vessels at the University of Georgia’s Marine Institute.  As a shrimper, Mr.  Walker remembers the decreasing shrimp prices and increasing fuel prices

On August 27, 2009, Dr.

On June 15, 2010, Dionne Hoskins and Money Murphy interviewed Cassie Williams as part of the Georgia Black Fishermen oral history collection. Cassie, a native of Thunderbolt, Georgia—a small community five miles southeast of Savannah in Chatham County, was born in 1934 and was the youngest of eight children. After completing six years of school in Savannah, she traveled to New York to finish her education, but had to return before graduation to take care of her father.

On July 15, 2010 Monet Murphy interviewed Leroy Beavers as part of the Georgia Black Fishermen oral history project.  Leroy grew up in a fishing family in McIntosh County in Sherman Bluff, Georgia — 30 miles south of Savannah.  His love for fishing, imparted by his grandfather, deepened as he grew older.  He fished often while stationed in various locations during his 20 years of military service.  Fishing taught him patience, which he incorporated into all aspects of his life.  After leaving the military, Leroy began working in his father’s barbersh

On July 17, 2012, Dr.

On August 14, 2014, Dr. Jolvan Morris interviewed Kenneth Dunham as part of the Georgia Black Fishermen oral history project.  Kenneth Dunham describes his early life in the rural coastal Georgia community of Harris Neck.  Kenneth recalls his father's role in the community as a boat builder, and how lessons in woodwork, carpentry, and boat building have been passed for generations.  Kenneth talks about (and demonstrates) how nets and "trap lines" are made, as well as recounts how the different fishes, crabs, and terrapins were caught in this homemade gear.  He

This is one of a set of 15 oral histories with Portuguese immigrant fishermen who worked out of the port of New Bedford. The project was sponsored by a NOAA Preserve America grant. Jose Fangueiro was the son of a fisherman. His mother was a fish buyer and salter. He was born 200 feet from the beach in Northern Portugal. At age 14 he went fishing. In 1974 he immigrated to New Bedford, Massachusetts to join relatives.