In South Carolina - Democratic gubernational candidate Mullins McLeod hosted a roundtable in Beaufort this afternoon, ...

The Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge was once a thriving Gullah Geechee community before the U.S. government seized the land in 1942. Mya Timmons, a descendant of the original residents, is an ...

Sapelo Island, Georgia - Voters in Georgia on Tuesday rejected an ordinance to build larger homes on Sapelo Island in a win for the Gullah-Geechee community. Unofficial results showed around 85% of ...

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 ...

McIntosh County commissioners reversed course after the referendum. They now side with Gullah Geechee residents who want to curb home sizes on Georgia's Sapelo Island.

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 ...

Martin Luther King Jr. had a lot on his mind when he visited Beaufort County in May of 1967. It was his fourth trip to the secluded campus of the Penn Center on St. Helena Island, where he and his top ...

A citizen referendum, only the second of its kind in Georgia history, seeks to block a zoning amendment Ire Gene Grovner stood behind his house on a recent morning, between chicken pens on one side ...

The Indiana Repertory Theatre presents “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone” through Feb. 22. Use code JOERETURN for $10 off tickets at irtlive.com.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Voters in a coastal Georgia county will decide Tuesday whether large homes should be allowed on remote Sapelo Island, where Black landowners fear the change could saddle them with ...

William Sanders Scarborough was an African-American ex-slave who authored a Greek textbook. His First Lessons in Greek ...