Since 2023, an effort to raise property taxes and displace Black Gullah-Geechee residents has threatened the community's deep history.
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Gullah Geechee community in South Georgia fights off gentrification via historic referendum
Voters in McIntosh County, which is predominantly white, voted 85% in favor of the referendum to deny the construction of ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
Nearly 85% of voters who cast ballots in a referendum backed Gullah Geechee efforts to halt the construction of large homes ...
Georgia State University has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to launch the Gullah Geechee Sacred Land Project. The initiative is aimed at preserving the heritage and lands of ...
An opportunity arose when University of Georgia (UGA) Associate Professor Elizabeth King spearheaded a UGA Sea Grant project ...
Tuesday, McIntosh County voters will cast ballots in a special election that could reshape the future of Hog Hammock on ...
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, ...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The Gullah Geechee have a rich cultural legacy along the lower Atlantic coast. Their influence can be seen and tasted around every corner of Charleston, South Carolina. The ...
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 work ...
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