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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
He played Pepe Peña on “¿Qué Pasa, U.S.A.?,” a series about a Cuban American family that is believed to be the United States’ ...
How slave descendants are fighting to protect their land from property developers - Georgia island community founded by freed ...
McIntosh County commissioners reversed course after the referendum. They now side with Gullah Geechee residents who want to ...
The two names originate from Caddo language of the Caddo Confederacy, a group of Indigenous tribes in the ...
The term, long considered a slur for those with intellectual disabilities, is seeing a resurgence on social media and across ...
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 ...
Tuesday, McIntosh County voters will cast ballots in a special election that could reshape the future of Hog Hammock on ...
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