Congressman
Henry E. Brown, Jr.

Representatives Brown and Clyburn Honor New Members of Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Commission

Congressman Brown and House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn were present when the members of the Gullah/Geechee Heritage Corridor Commission were named.  The ceremony was held at the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture’s McKinley Washington Auditorium in Charleston.

The Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor, as designated by Congress, recognizes the important cultural contributions made by Africans and African-Americans who settled in coastal Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina.