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The Historian of July 2009 - Hancock County Historical Society
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portance as a meeting place had not been limited to black Methodists. During the civil rights movement, Gulfside served as an important meeting place as well for others. Hollis Watkins, Civil rights activist of Jackson, said "there were only three places where blacks could meet in Mississippi during the movement? Toogaloo College, Rust College and Gulfside ?
With the declining interest in Gulfside and the destruction of Hurricane Camille in 1969, discussions ensued about its possible sale and dividing the proceeds among a number of black colleges. However, under renewed efforts of Bishops Stokes and Dixon and laymen Wayne Cal-bert and Henry Harper, Gulfside was saved from dissolution. New facilities were built and older and/ or damaged facilities were renovated. Included in the new construction were cottages for adults known as Dixon Village.
As with so much else in the area. Hurricane Katrina completely destroyed Gulfside in August of 2005. In spite of the overwhelming loss, Gulfside remains a valuable part of the Coast community. Hosting and partnering with
both the Mississippi Conference Disaster Relief and Community Aid Relief Effort (CARE), this treasured landmark set about serving the needs of the community with work teams branching out helping to rebuild the area.
Rebuilding is also occurring at Gulfside, and the vision is to restore this historic site through a major fundraising effort currently underway. Gulf-side has elected to meet this challenge with the same sort of spirit and determination it has met other challenges in its long, rich history. Fittingly, this Hancock County landmark?s motto is ?We have the unmitigated gall to believe Gulfside is the Mecca on the Gulf!
Sources:
Breaux, Raymond R. ?The Isle of Gulfside.? New Orleans Tribune, May 1991, 18?19. "Gulfside United Methodist Assembly.? Wikipedia, 01 July 2009 08 Jan. 2009 Chttp:// en.wikipedta.org./ wiki/ Gulf
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Scharff, Robert S. Louisiana?s Loss, Mississippi's Gain. Law renceville, VA:	Brunswick
Publishing Corp., 1999.
Stockstill, Eugene. "Facing Freedom." Sim Herald, 21 Feb. 1998, Dl, 4.
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