The Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor was designated by an act of Congress on October 12, 2006 (Public Law 109-338). It was authorized as part of the National Heritage Areas Act of 2006. The Corridor was created to, among other things, recognize the important contributions made to American culture and history by African Americans known as Gullah Geechee who settled in the coastal counties of South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina, and Florida.
On the current edition of Insight, Bhakti Larry Hough interviews Ron Daise of Beaufort, chairman of the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission, about the Gullah Geechee culture and the work of the commission. The commission will hold its next quarterly meeting in Conway at Cherry Hill Missionary Baptist Church, 504 Church Street at 9 a.m. The meeting is open to the public.
For more information on the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor visit:
http://gullahgeecheecorridor.org/?Itemid=102
Insight airs Mondays and Wednesdays at 10 a.m., 7 p.m., and midnight.
