Finding Your Roots – Part 1
September 4, 2024
Want to find your roots? Listen in on why it’s a valuable and important journey to start.
Hilton Head Island
Q&A: What is Heirs’ Property?
May 21, 2024
A large part of my conversation with Luana focuses on a concept called heirs property, a form of land ownership that occurs when someone dies without a will, leaving heirs without a clear title to the property. Without definitive proof of land ownership, heirs property owners can’t get home improvement loans, farm loans, and certain kinds of insurance, among a host of other things.
Gullah Geechee Strength, Perseverance and Resilience
September 6, 2023
When we think about slavery, we don’t usually consider the day to day or the gory details. The general knowledge of captivity, hard labor and cruelty are the basics, but for the most part, the actual experience that enslaved people went through are forgotten. Slavery inflicted generational trauma in so many different ways; fear, uncertainty, humiliation and mental and physical stressors.
Hilton Head Island’s Historic Gullah Neighborhoods
April 18, 2022
Hilton Head consists of only a few historic neighborhoods that represent the Gullah families that called them home for seven or more generations. Even though the majority of the communities are sprinkled around the northern tip of the island, culturally, boundaries didn’t exist when it came to the overall sense of community that was typical for the Gullah
Lowcountry Living | Paradise Found
November 14, 2019
There’s no question that our Lowcountry, Bluffton and Hilton Head are well known and recognized for its beauty and being among the best places in the country to live, retire and vacation.
Hilton Head Island | People and Places
November 14, 2019
As you drive around the Hilton Head area, you run into beaches called Singleton, Burkes and Bradley, and streets called Burnt Church or Skull Creek, Robbers Row and Squire Pope. They spark ones imagination and curiosity: Is that a person’s name, or what does that mean, and what happened here? Did all of the churches built on this road burn down? Are there skulls in the creek? And, if so, whose skull? Did all of the robbers live on this row?
RUBEN STUDDARD & ALVIN GARRETT: Just A Few Cats On Hilton Head
July 19, 2019
When true talent collides like that, there’s no telling what will happen. Besides, that’s the kind of collision that turns into a good thing. Especially when it’s about to happen right here on Hilton Head.
BEAUFORT COUNTY, South Carolina
June 23, 2019
Beaufort County, South Carolina has a rich cultural history. Home to the towns of Hilton Head Island, Bluffton, Port Royal and Beaufort, the county was instrumental during and after the Civil War.
HILTON HEAD FISHING CO-OPERATIVE | A Notable Piece of Lowcountry History
May 23, 2019
The Hilton Head Fishing Co-Operative consisted of a fleet of shrimp trawlers piloted by a group of men who took on the challenges of the waters everyday, and delivered hundreds of thousands of pounds of fish yearly. In addition to the challenges on the water, the fisherman faced other obstacles from corporate initiatives that would infringe on the fishing industry. The Hilton Head Fishing Co-Operative consisted of a fleet of shrimp trawlers piloted by a group of men who took on the challenges of the waters everyday, and delivered hundreds of thousands of pounds of fish yearly. In addition to the challenges on the water, the fisherman faced other obstacles from corporate initiatives that would infringe on the fishing industry.
