Since 2023, an effort to raise property taxes and displace Black Gullah-Geechee residents has threatened the community's deep history.
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Gullah-Geechee community in Georgia scores win to protect island from developers, rising property costs
Voters in one Georgia county have overwhelmingly supported a measure intending to protect a historic Black community from ...
Tuesday, McIntosh County voters will cast ballots in a special election that could reshape the future of Hog Hammock on ...
Supporters of the referendum argued that letting wealthy outsiders build large vacation homes could raise property taxes.
Nearly 85% of voters who cast ballots in a referendum backed Gullah Geechee efforts to halt the construction of large homes ...
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (WTOC) - The Gullah Geechee Historic Neighborhoods Community Development Corporation (CDC) is set to launch its Experience Gullah website and an accompanying wayfinding app ...
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Gullah-Geechee community scores major win in referendum on Sapelo Island zoning ordinance
Voters in Georgia on Tuesday rejected an ordinance to build larger homes on Sapelo Island in a win for the Gullah-Geechee ...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — The Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission hosted its second annual Gullah Convening dedicated to celebrating, preserving, and investing in the living culture ...
Editor’s note: Gullah people are descendants of enslaved Africans brought to plantations along the lower Atlantic Coast who have long shaped the cultural and spiritual tides of South Carolina. This is ...
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