The Gullah Geechee flag represents the rich cultural heritage and the unity that binds the Gullah Geechee people together as direct lineal descendants of enslaved Africans in the southeastern United States.

Gullah is a term that was originally used to designate the creole dialect of English spoken by Gullah and Geechee people. Over time, its speakers have used this term to formally refer to their creole language and distinctive ethnic identity as a people.

The purpose is 1) to support the four coastal states of the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor -South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida--through education about the Gullah Geechee people and their designation as a National Heritage Area; 2) to communicate through a digital "newsSource"- Gullah Geechee Group (GGG), Inc ...

The Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor serves to protect the culture of the region shaped by captive Africans brought to the United States. Designation: Cultural Heritage Corridor

2023年11月11日 · This new identity of blended African cultures in America transformed into one culture known as Gullah Geechee. The Atlantic coast of South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and Florida is the original homelands of Gullah Geechee people.

2023年7月26日 · The Gullah Geechee flag came into existence on July 2, 2000. This flag uses three colors in representation for their heritage. Blue represents the waters that carried enslaved Africans to the Americas.

A century ago, Hilton Head Island was dominated by the Gullah Geechee people. Because of years of geographic and social isolation, their distinct culture reflects their West African roots in many ways, including language, crafts, foodways, storytelling, traditions, farming, fishing, and relationship to the land.

The corporation will serve the Town's historic neighborhoods, which have been identified as including the Bay Gall, Big Hill, Chaplin, Gardner, Grassland, Jarvis, Jonesville, Marshland, Mitchelville, Spanish Wells, Squire Pope, and Stoney areas of the Island.

2020年7月1日 · The Gullah/Geechee Flag represents those sons and daughters of Africa who were forced to come to America in ships of pain, for a life of servitude and death. For more than three hundred years the Anointed People of the African Sun were auction off to the highest bidder torn away from tribal and family ties,…

Jacksonville Gullah Geechee Nation CDC is committed to the education, development and preservation of the GULLAH GEECHEE CULTURAL HERITAGE within the City of Jacksonville, Florida and county of Duval. The corporation was developed to guide a sagacious citizenry.