Nearly 85% of voters who cast ballots in a referendum backed Gullah Geechee efforts to halt the construction of large homes ...

A citizen referendum, only the second of its kind in Georgia history, seeks to block a zoning amendment ...

Since 2023, an effort to raise property taxes and displace Black Gullah-Geechee residents has threatened the community's deep history.

Voters in one Georgia county have overwhelmingly supported a measure intending to protect a historic Black community from ...

An opportunity arose when University of Georgia (UGA) Associate Professor Elizabeth King spearheaded a UGA Sea Grant project ...

Supporters of the referendum argued that letting wealthy outsiders build large vacation homes could raise property taxes.

Tuesday, McIntosh County voters will cast ballots in a special election that could reshape the future of Hog Hammock on ...

It is an advance to human rights that the story of the Gullah-Geechee people of South Carolina is today being told more often ...

Election follows years of legal battles over development rules in historic Gullah Geechee community ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Voters in a coastal Georgia county will decide Tuesday whether large homes should be allowed on remote ...

The conservancy will sit on 16.1 acres in Effingham County and will teach youth about Gullah Geechee heritage and local ...

Sapelo Island’s Gullah Geechee residents face new obstacles to rein in development on their Georgia barrier island even as they hope to win a zoning referendum this month.