SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The partial collapse of a ferry dock that claimed the lives of seven people attending a cultural ...

The tragedy happened during Gullah-Geechee Cultural Heritage Awareness Month, which is celebrated in October in the states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. The Sapelo ...

But they have no choice.” Small communities descended from enslaved island populations in the South — known as Gullah, or Geechee in Georgia — are scattered along the coastline from North ...

Al Williams (D) said he and others in the Gullah Geechee community throughout the United States were “mourning along with our many, many friends.” President Joe Biden spoke with Georgia Gov.

By Emily Cochrane and Jacey Fortin The dozens of descendants of enslaved people who form the backbone of the Gullah Geechee community on Sapelo Island, off the coast of Georgia, have fought for ...

Small communities descended from enslaved island populations in the South — known as Gullah, or Geechee in Georgia — are scattered along the coast from North Carolina to Florida. Scholars say ...

About 700 visitors were in attendance at Sapelo Island, about 60 miles south of Savannah, before the collapse which tragically killed seven people and left three in critical condition. According ...

Houston, 77, of Darien, Georgia; William Johnson Jr., 73 ... celebration because he believed in “preservation of the Gullah Geechee heritage and preservation of threatened communities," his ...