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A South Carolina family has reached a settlement after fighting to save their ancestral land from a developer who tried to take down the home to make way for a subdivision. The property at the center of the dispute belongs to Josephine Wright, a Gullah-Geechee woman who recently died at age 94 after fighting valiantly… Continue reading Family Of Late Gullah Matriarch Josephine Wright Reaches Settlement After Fighting To Save Their Ancestral Land From A Developer

As heartbroken as we are to lose those who mean so much to us, we know they’ve passed on to become one of the Elders and will now protect and take care of us. They are gone but never forgotten. We celebrate their legacies with this look at the Black celebs we’ve lost in 2024.

Letters to the editor from the Feb. 19 Weekly. Readers discussed novel approaches to climate change, Americans’ gun rights, and racial justice.

Willie Batchelor taught for 30 years before launching his career as the first Black commissioner in Cook County and eventually […] The post First Black county commissioner in Cook County, Georgia, dies appeared first on TheGrio.

Although the new year just started a couple of weeks ago, the number of notable Black people we’ve lost is already starting to stack up. From civil rights activists, and politicians to musicians and actresses. Here are the Black celebs we lost in 2024.

Hilton Head icon Josephine Wright was buried at Beaufort National Cemetery in a small, quiet ceremony attended by family and friends. She died Jan. 7 at age 94.

Organizers in Beaufort County are seeking participants to help with the annual point-in-time count of individuals experiencing homelessness. Count is Jan. 24.

Food trucks, dance floor, brick terrace and more. A major $924,000 facilities upgrade is in store for the popular Oyster Factory Park event space in Bluffton.

SQUAN, a telecommunications company, will move some of its operation to a Beaufort warehouse after the facility was purchased by RCB Development late last year.

Goose Creek Fire Department officials say five adults and two children were displaced after a house fire on Sunday afternoon.The City of Goose Creek Dispatch C