The Gullah Geechee culture has been around since the start of America. The Gullah Geechee culture has been around since the start of America, and in fact, helped build the nation. Today, those part of ...
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 ...
The New Testament has recently been translated into Gullah, a language of slaves and their descendants that's still spoken by a few people along the southeast coast of the United States. Steve Inskeep ...
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 ...
The art of making sweetgrass baskets is not seen as much in Horry County, but many culture traditions of the Gullah Geechee community are still prevalent. Jason Lee jlee@thesunnews.com You don’t have ...
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 ...
Vacation season is here and many Americans will begin searching for scenic locales for their annual escape. Travelers seeking a southern sojourn who stumble on Conde Nast’s 2016 readers’ ranking of ...
From left, drummers Darrell Davis, Joshua Miller and Darowe McMillon perform during the 29th Annual Gullah Festival on Saturday at Beaufort’s Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. The three-day festival ...
This story is part of Turning Tides, a series from the Savannah Morning News and USA Today Network examining threats to Gullah Geechee land. SAVANNAH, Ga. – Queen Quet is in a battle for her people.
“Voices of Gullah” members (from left), Joe Murray, Minnie “Gracie” Gadson, Rosa Murray and Charles “Jojo” Brown, sing Gullah spirituals on July 19 at the Brick Baptist Church in St. Helena Island.