Past and present come together Memorial Day weekend for the Original Gullah Festival of South Carolina returns to Beaufort. The 40th edition celebrates the heritage, resilience and cultural traditions ...
As a native of Hilton Head Island, Lola Campbell grew up with a deep appreciation for her Gullah-Geechee heritage and history. Her family has been on the island for six generations and are dedicated ...
An opportunity arose when University of Georgia (UGA) Associate Professor Elizabeth King spearheaded a UGA Sea Grant project ...
If you make your way to Boone Hall Plantation and Gardens in Mount Pleasant, you can find a unique presentation titled “Exploring the Gullah Culture.” In it, the Gullah Geechee people demonstrate the ...
About 700 visitors were in attendance at Sapelo Island, about 60 miles south of Savannah, before the collapse which tragically killed seven people and left three in critical condition. According to ...
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 woman's devotion to sharing the history of Gullah Geechee culture was cause for celebration on Jan. 13, as Lynette White ...
“I have an insatiable appetite for history and so does my father. He was born on Cherokee Plantation in Yemassee, S.C. (the Lowcountry), and that area still has a very rich Gullah heritage. “I have ...
There are already plans to expand the app's initial roster of seven locations around historic Hilton Head Island. According to WSAV, on Oct. 2, Hilton Head leaders revealed the website and a mobile ...