The Gullah Geechee People
The Gullah Geechee people are the descendants of West and Central Africans who were enslaved and bought to the lower Atlantic states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, and Georgia to work on the coastal rice, Sea Island cotton and indigo plantations.
The Gullah Geechee Group
Bridge The Gap: Arts and Agriculture
Our Children Should be Proud of Their Heritage
Gullah Geechee Group (GGG), Inc. is a nonprofit, organized exclusively for charitable, scientific, education, and religious purposes. Our Mission is 1) to support the four coastal states of the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor -North and South Carolina, Georgia and Florida–
Through the designation as a National Education Site, about the Gullah Geechee people and their heritage Area; 2) to communicate through a digital “newsSource”- Gullah Geechee Group (GGG), Inc.: Newsletter–and other means like studies, seminars (webinars) publications–about history, culture, arts, land, food, music, religion, current affairs, etc.
We are proud to announce the launch of our national effort to teach our young people and adults about the contributions of the Gullah Geechee people to the founding of the Colonies and their continued contributions up to modern times. Though enslaved, their contributions to Fishing, Agriculture, Crafts, Music, Ecology, and Cooking helped bring about the success of the colonies under the most diabolical of conditions.
On November 7th we will be at Mary Ford Early Learning
School and Clark Academy, with a possibility of Daniel Jenkins Academy. That
afternoon we will be on the campus of Jenkins Youth and Family Village where
the Rev. Daniel Joseph Jenkins institutionalized the concept now called STEAM!
