Editing Gullah (section)

===Since late 20th century===
[[File:Gullah basket.JPG|right|thumb|Gullah basket]]

In the 20th century, some plantations were redeveloped as resort or hunting destinations by wealthy whites.{{Citation needed|date=June 2022}} Gradually more visitors went to the islands to enjoy their beaches and mild climate. Since the late 20th century, the Gullah people—led by Penn Center and other determined community groups—have been fighting to keep control of their traditional lands. Since the 1960s, resort development on the Sea Islands greatly increased property values, threatening to push the Gullah off family lands which they have owned since [[Emancipation Proclamation|emancipation]]. They have fought back against uncontrolled development on the islands through community action, the courts, and the political process.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1044360911.html/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924065945/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1044360911.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 September 2014|title=Gov. Sanford to Sign Heirs Property Bill at Gullah Festival, US Fed News Service, May 26, 2006|access-date=25 September 2014}}</ref>

[[File:July 4, 1939.jpg|thumb|A Fourth of July celebration, St. Helena Island, South Carolina (1939)]]

The Gullah have also struggled to preserve their traditional culture in the face of much more contact with modern culture and media. In 1979, a translation of the [[New Testament]] into the Gullah language was begun.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.wycliffe.org/tag/gullah/|title=Gullah {{!}} Wycliffe Bible Translators USA|website=blog.wycliffe.org|access-date=2016-07-21|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919083958/https://blog.wycliffe.org/tag/gullah/|archive-date=2016-09-19}}</ref> The [[American Bible Society]] published ''De Nyew Testament'' in 2005. In November 2011, ''Healin fa de Soul'', a five-CD collection of readings from the Gullah Bible, was released.<ref>{{cite web | title=De Gullah Nyew Testament|year=2005 | url=http://www.gullahbible.com/ | access-date=21 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.islandpacket.com/living/religion/article33442776.html|title='Healin fa de Soul,' Gullah Bible readings released |first=CATHY|last=HARLEY|publisher=The Island Packet|date=6 November 2011}}</ref> This collection includes ''Scipcha Wa De Bring Healing'' ("Scripture That Heals") and the [[Gospel of John]] (''De Good Nyews Bout Jedus Christ Wa John Write''). This was the most extensive collection of Gullah recordings, surpassing those of [[Lorenzo Dow Turner]].<!-- This seems to assume the reader knows who Lorenzo Dow Turner is, without ever introducing him anywhere. Perhaps he deserves a mention in his own right somewhere in this section? --> The recordings have helped people develop an interest in the culture, because they get to hear the language and learn how to pronounce some words.<ref>{{cite news| last=Smith | first=Bruce | title=Gullah-language Bible now on audio CDs |newspaper=Savannah Morning News | date=27 November 2011 | url=https://www.savannahnow.com/story/news/2011/11/27/gullah-language-bible-now-on/13413492007/}}</ref>
[[File:Coffin Point Praise House.jpg|thumb|Coffin Point Praise House, 57 Coffin Point Rd, St. Helena Island, South Carolina]]

The Gullah achieved another victory in 2006 when the U.S. Congress passed the "[[Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor|Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Act]]"; it provided [[US$]]10&nbsp;million over 10 years for the preservation and interpretation of historic sites in the Low Country relating to Gullah culture.<ref>{{cite news| title=Bill Will Provide Millions for Gullah Community|first=FARAI|last=CHIDEYA|publisher=National Public Radio| date=17 October 2006 | url=https://www.npr.org/2006/10/17/6283153/bill-will-provide-millions-for-gullah-community|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801095328/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6283153/|archive-date=1 August 2020}}</ref> The Act provides for a [[National Heritage Area|Heritage Corridor]] to extend from southern North Carolina to northern Florida in a project  administered by the US [[National Park Service]] with extensive consultation with the Gullah community.
[[File:Charleston-city-market-shed-sc2.jpg|thumb|Old City Market shed entrance along Church Street in Charleston. The vendors on the left are selling Gullah sweetgrass baskets. (2010)]]

The Gullah have also been in contact with [[West Africa]]. Gullah groups made three celebrated "homecomings" to [[Sierra Leone]] in 1989, 1997, and 2005. Sierra Leone is at the heart of the traditional rice-growing region of West Africa where many of the Gullahs' ancestors originated. [[Bunce Island]], the British slave castle in Sierra Leone, sent many African captives to Charleston and Savannah during the mid- and late 18th century. These dramatic homecomings were the subject of three documentary films—''Family Across the Sea'' (1990), ''The Language You Cry In'' (1998), and ''Priscilla's Legacy''.<ref>{{cite AV media| title=F. Priscilla's Legacy|year=2014|website=Vimeo | url=https://vimeo.com/124400212|url-access=registration|medium=30' video}}</ref>