Cherry Hill
Representing the vital importance of education to the Gullah, the Cherry Hill School still stands as yet another cherished location along the Beach City Corridor. Built in 1937, and financially maintained by Gullah community, the one room schoolhouse taught 30 elementary students between 1st and 5th grade.
Born into the Gullah culture on Hilton Head during a time “when life was beautiful,” Mary Green was raised to believe that “everyone was your mother. As children, we knew that any adult in the community could discipline us if we did something wrong, just like our parents could. People were wonderful to each other on the island, we always took care of each other.”
By Luana M. Graves Sellars Cover artwork American Gullah By Sonja Griffin Evans “Good colored
