The Gullah Geechee community has deep roots in Jacksonville. Beyond the streets and shorelines lives a story of survival, ...

The city is creating a committee of historians to determine the future use of Whitefield Square after confirming the site contains a centuries-old burial ground beneath its surface.

The Spirit We Move With explores the legacy of Mitchelville on Hilton Head Island and its Gullah Geechee community ...

Julia Scott is disappointed. Despite a judge granting her and other Gullah Geechee residents in St. Helena Island, South Carolina, access to the centuries-old Big House Cemetery, they must give the ...

In a win for the Gullah Geechee people on St Helena Island in South Carolina, access to a long-used cemetery has been restored ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Kamili Anderson moved to North Carolina in 2009, she was surprised to hear people talking about Gullah Geechee heritage. But ...

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 ...

A Savannah business owner is carrying on her family’s tradition of herbal medicine through Geechee Girl Apothecary, a shop ...

The ruling comes as a significant but partial victory for members of the St. Helena Island community who have been locked out of Big House Cemetery since 2024.

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 ...

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 ...

North Carolina House Bill 23 designates the Gullah Geechee Greenway/Blueway Heritage Trail in Brunswick County as a state trail. The trail will highlight Gullah Geechee cultural sites along a 15-mile ...