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aikoaiko

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58. FYI, that structure, the old Yarn seafood factory, has been renovated into a museum.

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 09:40 AM

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They did a very nice job with it. The museum and tour is a nice 2 hour event if someone wishes to visit and learn more about Pin Point and the geechee.

But what you say is true. Pin Point has always been a poor enclave. Many of the inhabitants are the marsh version of "dirt farmers". Growing, hunting, and collecting all their food for survival -- not for sale.

The factory processed crab and oysters and provided families with an actual paycheck. Picking crabs and sucking oysters was a step up that supplemented subsistence agri/aquaculture, but still the pay and working conditions were not great.

The experiences of those who grew up during desegregation at Pin Point are complex. To see the shacks and trailors, Thomas boggles the mind, but to talk to people who grew up in Pin Point during desegregation one can "almost" see how that experience could form a Thomas.

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That a black man-born 1948 in Pin Point, GA-could be party to such a ruling simply boggles the mind [View all] kpete Feb 2013 OP

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FYI, that structure, the old Yarn seafood factory, has been renovated into a museum. aikoaiko Feb 2013 #58

Back in the day VA_Jill Feb 2013 #14

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