Bridgette Frazier stands under the 80-degree South Carolina sun and doesn’t seem to break a sweat. Her eyes are filled with cool determination and hope as she walks through the grounds of a historic ...
If you make your way to Boone Hall Plantation and Gardens in Mount Pleasant, you can find a unique presentation titled “Exploring the Gullah Culture.” In it, the Gullah Geechee people demonstrate the ...
A legal fight over access to burial grounds has pitted the Gullah Geechee against wealthy landowners around Hilton Head Island. Galen Miller. a member of the Gullah-Geechee community, at the Talbird ...
Growing up in the Deep South, Sundays are sacred — curated for rest, gratitude and gathering. These days often begin with a visit to church and end with a spread of comfort food shared among family ...
Since 2023, an effort to raise property taxes and displace Black Gullah-Geechee residents has threatened the community's deep ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
Yolanda Bryant, a fourth-generation Gullah native, is fighting to preserve Gullah Geechee culture on Daufuskie Island as environmental concerns rise and education dwindles. Courtesy of Yolanda Bryant ...
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 ...
“Voices of Gullah” members (from left), Joe Murray, Minnie “Gracie” Gadson, Rosa Murray and Charles “Jojo” Brown, sing Gullah spirituals on July 19 at the Brick Baptist Church in St. Helena Island.
ST. HELENA ISLAND, S.C. Minnie “Gracie” Gadson claps her hands and stomps her feet against the floorboards, lifting her voice in a song passed down from her enslaved ancestors who were forced to work ...