Raccoon Hogg Community Development Corporation...
...was established as the information management and research collection organization designed to remedy the systemic deprivation and oppression of an indigenous people, the Gullah/Geechee, specifically on, but not limited to Sapelo Island, Georgia (SIG).
We aim to blend Gullah/Geechee Culture with Economic Development for a sustainable community, while preserving the Culture and the Environment.
We aim to blend Gullah/Geechee Culture with Economic Development for a sustainable community, while preserving the Culture and the Environment.
Raccoon Bluff
Ancestral Gullah/Geechee Settlement on Sapelo Island, Georgia
What is Gullah/Geechee culture?
Gullah/Geechee culture is made of African Americans who live in the Low Country region of the Southeastern United States. The Gullah/Gechee people are known for preserving more of their African linguistic and cultural heritage than any other African-American community in the United States.
12 STATES IN THE SOUTHEAST REGION OF THE U.S.
Federally Recognized People:
Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor
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The Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor is home to one of America's most unique cultures, a tradition first shaped by captive Africans that were enslaved and brought to the southern United States from West Africa and continued their traditions in later generations by their descendants.
Gullah/Geechee culture is such an important thread of our American fabric that in 2006 U.S. Congress designated, the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor which extends from Wilmington, NC in the North to St. Augustine, FL in the south. For more information about the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor please visit http://www.nps.gov/guge/index.htm |
Th Gullah/Geechee Culture Initiative is a great educational resources.
Learn more @ www.gullahgeecheeculture.org
