It is quiet at the Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge in McIntosh County, about an hour south of Savannah. Pines and oaks protect the paths and ponds, where egrets glide over the ponds and streams ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For generations, Mary Mack’s family has offered free burial plots to the bereaved families on St. Helena Island. It’s an ancestral ...

Voters in McIntosh County, which is predominantly white, voted 85% in favor of the referendum to deny the construction 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 ...

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 ...

Since 2023, an effort to raise property taxes and displace Black Gullah-Geechee residents has threatened the community's deep history.

SAPELO ISLAND, GA — The state’s highest court has ruled a vote can move forward that would regulate the size of new development on Georgia’s Sapelo Island. Gullah Geechee residents on Sapelo Island ...

It's a victory for the Gullah Geechee residents living in the Hogg Hammock community of Sapelo Island. Voters in coastal Georgia rejected an ordinance that would have allowed the construction of ...

The Gullah-Geechee people are descendants of West Africans who settled on coastal islands from North Carolina to Georgia. The Voices of Gullah is a singing group composed of members in their 70s and ...

Special election repeals McIntosh County Commission decision to allow larger home development in community home to freed slaves and their descendants since the Civil War. A billboard encourages voters ...

Just before 1 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 12, the island of St. Helena off the coast of South Carolina was rocked when a gunman opened fire on a crowded restaurant, killing at least four people and injuring ...

DARIEN — A win at the ballot box this month might not be enough to shape the future for the Gullah Geechee people of Sapelo Island. They face new threats to their way of life even as early voting is ...