The Latest Breaking News from Gullah

Georgia's highest court sides with slave descendants fighting to protect threatened island community

Georgia's highest court is siding with Black landowners in a zoning dispute affecting a historic Gullah-Geechee community

The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2025

Slave descendants fight to protect their threatened island community at Georgia's highest court

Georgia’s highest court is weighing in on a fight over special protections for one of the South’s last Gullah-Geechee communities of Black people descended from slaves

The Independent UK · Apr 16, 2025

Georgia's Gullah-Geechee community seeks path forward after deadly dock collapse

The partial collapse of a ferry dock that left seven people dead during an annual cultural festival has left a historic Black community in Georgia struggling with how to move forward

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2024