salix sericea (@Ripple13216)Feb 28

"A film honors America’s first self-governed town founded by formerly enslaved people"

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/feb/28/mitchelville-south-carolina-gullah-gechee

#slavery #history #GullahGeechee #SouthCarolina

A film honors America’s first self-governed town founded by formerly enslaved people

The Spirit We Move With explores the legacy of Mitchelville on Hilton Head Island and its Gullah Geechee community

The Guardian
Business | The Guardian USJan 22
‘I ain’t goin nowhere’: the Gullah Geechee people fight off developers with a historic referendum https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/jan/22/gullah-geechee-georgia-development-referendum #GullahGeechee #Georgia #Gentrification #Race #Slavery #Housing #Communities #Money #Society #UsNews
‘I ain’t goin nowhere’: Gullah Geechee people fight off developers with a historic referendum

A citizen referendum, only the second of its kind in Georgia history, seeks to block a zoning amendment

The Guardian
DispactkéNov 9

https://www.postandcourier.com/beaufort-county/news/st-helena-island-gullah-celebrates/article_0d3ada63-0f06-40b2-950f-ffd6f993876d.html

#gullah #gullahgeechee #StHelena

‘This is healing.’ St. Helena marches to celebrate Gullah-Geechee culture, a month after bloodshed

St. Helena Island hosted its annual Heritage Day parade, a celebration of Gullah-Geechee culture. The festival took place a month after a shooting left four dead.

Post and Courier
ResearchBuzz: FirehoseOct 6

WSAV: New app helps visitors experience Gullah Geechee culture. “The Gullah Geechee Historic Neighborhoods Community Development Corporation (GGHNCDC) held a launch event where guests got a first look at the New Experience Gullah website. People who go to the website will learn about the culture, history and Gullah-owned businesses across Hilton Head Island.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/06/wsav-new-app-helps-visitors-experience-gullah-geechee-culture/

WSAV: New app helps visitors experience Gullah Geechee culture | ResearchBuzz: Firehose

ResearchBuzz: Firehose | Individual posts from ResearchBuzz
Headlines AfricaAug 11, 2025
Safeguarding Gullah Geechee culture through music and tradition http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TMQqR2 #GullahGeechee #CulturalHeritage #AfricanAmericanHistory #MusicTradition #PreserveCulture
Selah SoundJul 9, 2025
Movement and art journaling, beachside.

#LowCountry #Beaufort #gullahgeechee #Art #Artist #foundobjects #junkjounal #earthfriendly
Selah SoundJul 7, 2025
Found: toy soldier on the beach

#foundobjects #Beach #ftl #lowcountry #art #artist #Beaufort #gullahgeechee
Selah SoundJun 19, 2025
Free yourself

#JUNETEENTH #lowcountry #liberation #freedom #gullahgeechee
WilsonJun 17, 2025

"This is the latest fight against gentrification and the minimization of Gullah Geechee culture throughout the South as developers and newcomers see the waterfront properties as valuable.... Most of those areas are near African American burial sites — a sustaining tradition for ancestors of Gullah Geechee folk to be buried near the water."

#GullahGeechee #SeaIslands

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Gullah Geechee Sue Over Blocked Access to Sacred Burial Ground - Capital B News

https://capitalbnews.org/gullah-geechee-st-helena-island-cemetery-lawsuit/

South Carolina’s Gullah Geechee Are Denied Their Right to Bury Their Loved Ones

For a year, residents on St. Helena Island, South Carolina, have been blocked from their ancestral cemetery by gates erected by property owners.

Capital B News
Glyn MoodyApr 22, 2025
Georgia university receives $500,000 grant to preserve #GullahGeechee heritage - https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/apr/22/georgia-state-university-grant-gullah-geechee-heritage "GSU will establish the Gullah Geechee Sacred Land Project to research and protect the community and its culture" take that, #trump
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

The Guardian