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Georgia State Lands $500K Grant To Help Preserve Heritage, Lands Of The Gullah Geeechee
Georgia State University has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to launch the Gullah Geechee Sacred ...
Georgia State University Receives $500K Grant To Create Gullah Geechee Heritage Research and Preservation Program
Georgia State University has received a $500,000 grant to support research and education focused on preserving and protecting ...
Orlando Sentinel13d
Slave descendants fight to protect their threatened island community at Georgia’s highest court
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia’s highest court waded Wednesday into a fight between Black landowners and local officials who ...
Truthout12d
Residents Fight to Protect Threatened Island Community in Georgia Supreme Court
A Gullah Geechee man holds up an official flag of the Gullah Geechee people at Station Creek Landing in St Helena, South ...
The State7d
New SC preserve in Beaufort County protects cotton fields created by slaves
Queen Quet, chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation, speaks at the dedication ceremony for the Coosaw Sea Island Cotton ...
The Island Packet on MSN9d
Pine Island developer pushes new plan for much-debated Beaufort County property
Opponents of the project say this plan is the same as before. Developer Elvio Tropeano says this proposal is better than ever ...
The Brunswick News8d
Gullah Geechee Heritage Society discusses cultural tourism in Brunswick
Representatives from the Georgia Gullah Geechee Heritage Society, based in Savannah, met with locals who run the Gullah ...
Blavity on MSN6d
Georgia State Lands $500K Grant To Help Preserve Heirtage, Lands Of The Gullah Geeechee
Georgia State University has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to launch the Gullah Geechee Sacred ...
Orange County Register13d
Slave descendants fight to protect their threatened island community at Georgia’s highest court
(AP) — Georgia’s highest court waded Wednesday into a fight between Black landowners and local officials who have weakened long-standing protections for one of the South’s last Gullah ...