Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Residents of Sapelo Island's Hog Hammock community in Georgia feared that a new ordinance would cause displacement. This week, ...

The sparsely populated, Hog Hammock district of Sapelo Island, Georgia, which is home to what is believed to be the last intact community of West African slave descendants, faces persistent pressures ...

A proposal to expand mixed-use zoning in Hilton Head’s historic Mitchelville District has sparked tension between Gullah Geechee residents seeking economic opportunities and those fearing ...

With $35 million at stake, two insurers of the architect for the Sapelo Island gangway that fatally collapsed in 2024 are ...

A proposal to expand Hilton Head Island’s Mitchelville District zoning, which allows large hotels and timeshares, has stirred opposition among Gullah Geechee residents. Supporters say it would give ...

2 days after voters repealed a controversial 2023 zoning change by referendum, commissioners push for rules to limit development on Georgia barrier island. A house stands in the Hogg Hummock community ...

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 ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Whether you’re a “comeya” or a “beenya,” if you were a kid in the 90s, you probably know a thing or two about Gullah Geechee culture – and it is likely thanks to people like ...

ST. HELENA ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — 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 ...

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, ...