Sapelo Island s Gullah-Geechee residents push for zoning referendum ajc.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ajc.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Lifelong residents of a tiny Georgia island who are descended from slaves are pushing to give voters a chance to override local zoning changes that they say threaten one of the last Gullah-Geechee communities in the U.S. South.
Black residents of the Hogg Hummock community on Sapelo Island packed a meeting of McIntosh County’s elected commissioners to oppose zoning changes that residents say favour wealthy buyers