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11 days ago

Georgia university receives $500,000 grant to preserve Gullah Geechee heritage

GSU will establish the Gullah Geechee Sacred Land Project to research and protect the community and its culture

A new $500,000 Mellon grant will allow Georgia State University to develop archival, his…

Georgia State University receives $500,000 grant to preserve Gullah Geechee heritage

GSU will establish the Gullah Geechee Sacred Land Project to research and protect the community and its culture

A new $500,000 Mellon grant will allow Georgia State University to develop archival, his…

36 days ago

‘We live in both worlds’: how teachers of Gullah Geechee herbal medicine are cultivating tradition

Classes on herbalism connect new generations eager to explore their roots with elders in the South Carolina community

With their eyes downcast in reflection, dozens of people dressed in white crossed …

72 days ago

The little-known Gullah Geechee politician who pushed for the 14th amendment

As Trump tries to revoke birthright citizenship, a civic group looks to the Black lawmaker who helped establish it

After Donald Trump issued an executive order to limit birthright citizenship last mon…

84 days ago

How an outsider captured the intimacy of Gullah Geechee life in 13 portraits

Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe’s exhibit at the Whitney Museum depicts the rich culture of Daufuskie Island

In Boiling Crab, Daufuskie Island, South Carolina, a photograph by Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, a lanky…

4 months ago

‘Let’s all go to Gullah Gullah Island!’: the groundbreaking TV show that affirmed Black kids

The Nick Jr series encouraged cultural preservation of the Gullah Geechee, descendants of formerly enslaved people in South Carolina

Thirty years ago, Ron and Natalie Daise and their children, Sara an…

‘I didn’t realize the role rice played’: the ingenious crop cultivation of the Gullah Geechee people

Researchers in North Carolina used underwater sonar to map a system created by enslaved people centuries ago

As a former deputy state underwater archaeologist, Mark Wilde-Ramsing can’t help but look d…

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