On St. Helena Island, South Carolina, a group of singers in their 70s and 80s—guided by musicologist Dr. Eric Crawford—breathes life into centuries-old Gullah spirituals, safeguarding a cultural ...

A new book from leading scholars and historians pushes back against the narrative that Gullah communities were insulated from the mainland US ...

The University of South Carolina hosted a symposium on Tuesday inspired by “Before Bondage,” a documentary exploring the Gullah Geechee culture. USC is hosting a symposium on Tuesday inspired by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Kamili Anderson moved to North Carolina in 2009, she was surprised to hear people talking about Gullah Geechee heritage. But ...

Growing up in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, Tia Clark came of age surrounded by the cadences of her heritage—the Geechee language, an English-based creole born of West African dialects and ...

On St. Helena Island, South Carolina, something quietly extraordinary has been happening. One of the most historically significant African American sites in the entire country is being restored, ...

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 ...

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 ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. — The partial collapse of a ferry dock that claimed the lives of seven people attending a cultural festival has left a historic Black community in Georgia struggling with how to move ...