Since 2023, an effort to raise property taxes and displace Black Gullah-Geechee residents has threatened the community's deep history.
A citizen referendum, only the second of its kind in Georgia history, seeks to block a zoning amendment ...
Voters in one Georgia county have overwhelmingly supported a measure intending to protect a historic Black community from ...
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 ...
Voters in Georgia on Tuesday rejected an ordinance to build larger homes on Sapelo Island in a win for the Gullah-Geechee ...
An opportunity arose when University of Georgia (UGA) Associate Professor Elizabeth King spearheaded a UGA Sea Grant project ...
McIntosh County commissioners reversed course after the referendum. They now side with Gullah Geechee residents who want to ...
Election follows years of legal battles over development rules in historic Gullah Geechee community ...
Tuesday, McIntosh County voters will cast ballots in a special election that could reshape the future of Hog Hammock on ...
All of Jacksonville is invited to immerse themselves in the culture of the October Gullah Fest being held Saturday at James Weldon Johnson Park. By attending the festival, you can immerse yourself in ...
Gina Capers-Willis calls herself a Geechee Girl. Her roots come from Daufuskie Island, South Carolina and the Gullah islands off the Georgia coast. But she grew up in Savannah at a time when she says ...