A local historian explores how Florida's history of resistance shaped the long fight for Black freedom celebrated on Juneteenth.

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 ...

Marquetta Goodwine is used to educating others about her people, the Gullah Geechee, and their traditions, art and history. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, ...

The Gullah Geechee are direct descendants of the first Black people forcibly transported from Africa to the US, who arrived in southeastern port cities such as Charleston, South Carolina. Several ...

BEAUFORT, S.C. (WTOC) - Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mullins McLeod hosted a roundtable in Beaufort Thursday afternoon, discussing his plans to protect the Gullah Geechee culture in South ...

In an effort to continue strengthening community partnerships, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, hosted a listening session with Gullah/Geechee community leaders at the District ...

North Carolina House Bill 23 designates the Gullah Geechee Greenway/Blueway Heritage Trail in Brunswick County as a state trail. The trail will highlight Gullah Geechee cultural sites along a 15-mile ...

Special issue of Black scholar, volume 41, no. 1, spring 2011.

Gullah Geechee people are descendants of Africans who were enslaved in coastal areas of the southeastern United States. They held onto traditions from Africa and mixed them with new ones, forming ...