Reporting from ST. HELENA ISLAND, S.C. — When the remnants of Hurricane Matthew threatened the coastal lowlands of South Carolina, 335,000 people fled for higher ground. Marquetta Goodwine stayed put.

A White House-ordered review of the Smithsonian museums could result in the removal of a Lowcountry sweetgrass basket maker’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 30th Hilton Head Island Gullah Celebration has special reason to celebrate this year. Throughout this month, it offers many ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For generations, Gullah families on Hilton Head Island have preserved their language, traditions and deep connection to the land.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The cicadas’ song is rising with the midday heat, and Queen Quet Marquetta Goodwine flits from one canopy tent to the next. The fish fry is well under way. There are guests to greet, conversations to ...

For the young daughters of Michael and Kimberly Wood, it was their first time at the annual festival celebrating the culture of the Gullah Geechee community on Georgia’s remote Sapelo Island, the ...

Gullah, a largely oral, African-American creole taught at Harvard for the first time last fall, is now being offered for a second semester. A combination of West African languages, English, and words ...

A mass shooting that killed four and left several others injured on Sunday took place on a small island off the coast of South Carolina where a historic Black community has lived for generations. Here ...

This week, Etsy announced a new installment of its Uplift Makers Program, an initiative that “serves to provide financial opportunities to historic artisan communities that often face economic ...