Special election repeals McIntosh County Commission decision to allow larger home development in community home to freed slaves and their descendants since the Civil War. A billboard encourages voters ...
Since 2023, an effort to raise property taxes and displace Black Gullah-Geechee residents has threatened the community’s deep history. For generations, the Gullah-Geechee people have fought to stop ...
Voters in McIntosh County, which is predominantly white, voted 85% in favor of the referendum to deny the construction of large homes on Sapelo Island. As gentrification continues to seep deeper into ...
It's a victory for the Gullah Geechee residents living in the Hogg Hammock community of Sapelo Island. Voters in coastal Georgia rejected an ordinance that would have allowed the construction of ...
DARIEN — A win at the ballot box this month might not be enough to shape the future for the Gullah Geechee people of Sapelo Island. They face new threats to their way of life even as early voting is ...
Nick Spitzer: The Gullah Geechee Shouters, how about that? Beautiful. We're going to talk just a little bit for a moment. In radio, we call this chin music, and I'm going to go with age before beauty, ...
PORT WENTWORTH, Ga. (WTOC) - Port Wentworth held their first Gullah Geechee Festival Saturday, celebrating the strong culture in the Savannah area with history storytelling and Gullah Geechee inspired ...
For generations, the Gullah-Geechee people have fought to stop gentrification from taking over their small and historic land. Now, a community vote has ended a years-long effort trying to force ...
As gentrification continues to seep deeper into longstanding Black communities, a Gullah Geechee community in South Georgia earned a historic referendum at the ballot box earlier this month. Voters on ...
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