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

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

In a win for Gullah Geechee residents on Georgia’s sea islands, voters this week rejected an ordinance that doubled the ...

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 ...

JAMES ISLAND — Mother Africa sits atop a table near the entryway to McLeod Plantation. The Black doll with scraps of colorful fabric flowing into a billowy skirt is a symbol that Virginia “Genya” ...

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

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

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

Voters in Georgia on Tuesday rejected an ordinance to build larger homes on Sapelo Island in a win for the Gullah-Geechee ...

DARIEN, Ga. — Voters in McIntosh County will have a referendum this month to decide whether to repeal an ordinance that allows houses to more than double in size on Sapelo Island. That ordinance ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The Gullah Geechee Family Foundation will hold its 8 th annual Gullah Kwanzaa Celebration on Tuesday afternoon. Organizers say festivities will include an African drum class, ...

Like her Marty Supreme costar Timothée Chalamet, Odessa A’zion isn’t one to mince words. "I wanted that shit so fucking bad," the 25-year-old says of landing her role in the Josh Safdie film. While in ...