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 work ...

The David Boles Foundation will co-host the fifth annual Gullah Geechee Festival supported by the City of Richmond Hill. This ...

“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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 30th Hilton Head Island Gullah Celebration has special reason to celebrate this year. Throughout this month, it offers many ...

Cultural preservationist Victoria Smalls lectured about the rich cultural tapestry of the Gullah Geechee people, and the unique heritage, customs and language they’ve passed down through generations, ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCSC) - A White House-ordered review of the Smithsonian museums could result in the removal of a Lowcountry sweetgrass basket maker’s work. The internal review is designed to ...

If a slave died while cutting rice stalks in the wet paddy fields on Sapelo Island, Georgia, those laboring with him were not permitted to attend to the body. The buzzards arrived first. But at night, ...

Featuring Anita Singleton-Prather and the Gullah Kinfolk. 75% of all enslaved Africans coming to America came in through the ports of Charleston, Beaufort and Georgetown, South Carolina. The result of ...