New phase in preserving black sea island culture

Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor now has executive director, new office, new voice

In this May, 17, 2013, photo, the sun rises behind St. Luke Baptist Church in Hog Hammock, a Geechee community on Sapelo Island, Ga. The commission that oversees the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor running through four states on the Southeast coast is beginning a new phase with a new executive director, new office and new voice in projects such as electric transmission lines that could affect the culture. - photo by Associated Press

Gullah Geechee Corrid Werm — In this May, 17, 2013, photo, the sun rises behind St. Luke Baptist Church in Hog Hammock, a Geechee community on Sapelo Island, Ga. The commission that oversees the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor running through four states on the Southeast coast is beginning a new phase with a new executive director, new office and new voice in projects such as electric transmission lines that could affect the culture. - photo by Associated Press

JOHNS ISLAND, S.C. — After almost 15 years, the effort to preserve the culture of slave descendants along the coast of the Southeast is entering a new phase. The Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor now has an executive director, a new office and a new voice in reviewing projects that could affect communities that are part of the culture. The corridor reaches from southeastern North Carolina into northeastern Florida.

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