#1Gullah/Geechee

Photojournalist Lesa Wineglass-Smalls speaks with Grimball Road residents Patricia Dickerson and Vince Matthews as well as captures the sights and sounds of other Gullah/Geechee James Island residents standing in solidarity for their neighborhood against the Charleston County School District's attempt to tear down the nationally recognized Gresham Meggett School and build a school bus parking lot in their historic community.

Photojournalist Lesa Wineglass-Smalls captures the sights and sounds from "Disya da Gullah/Geechee: A Week Long Celebration of the Cultural Legacy of The Gullah/Geechee Nation". The Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week began in the City of Charleston in 2012 and is celebrated throughout the Gullah/Geechee Nation, which extends from Jacksonville, Florida to Jacksonville, North Carolina and goes inland 30-35 miles.

Photojournalist Lesa Wineglass-Smalls captures the sights and sounds from "March For Our Lives: Road To Change" as the Parkland student survivors visited Charleston, SC for a Town Hall Meeting at the Sotille Theater on George Street in Charleston, SC.

Photojournalist Lesa Wineglass-Smalls captures the sights and sounds from the Stop The Violence March held in the Dorchester-Waylyn area of North Charleston, South Carolina. She spoke with Mrs. LaKeisha Burgess, the organizer of the march, as well as Chief of Police Reginald Burgess, about the importance of the march.

Photojournalist Lesa Wineglass-Smalls captures the sights and sounds from "Disya da Gullah/Geechee: A Week Long Celebration of the Cultural Legacy of The Gullah/Geechee Nation". The Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week began in the City of Charleston in 2012 and is celebrated throughout the Gullah/Geechee Nation, which extends from Jacksonville, Florida to Jacksonville, North Carolina and goes inland 30-35 miles.

Photojournalist Lesa Wineglass-Smalls captures the sights and sounds from "Disya da Gullah/Geechee: A Week Long Celebration of the Cultural Legacy of The Gullah/Geechee Nation". The Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week began in the City of Charleston in 2012 and is celebrated throughout the Gullah/Geechee Nation, which extends from Jacksonville, Florida to Jacksonville, North Carolina and goes inland 30-35 miles.

News Photojournalist Lesa Wineglass-Smalls catches up with the Citadel nautical crew on The Spirit of South Carolina before they head out to sea. Cadet Patrick Henkal and Captain Richard Bailey explain this unique three month educational voyage that they'll be undertaking.

News Photojournalist Lesa Wineglass-Smalls speaks with Lyn Sikora, Owner of Olde Village Market & Deli in North Charleston, SC and Alexandria Green, a South Carolina Lottery Scholarship Recipient, about the North Charleston man now in custody after having broken into Sikora's corner store, stealing lottery tickets and then trying to cash them in.

News Photojournalist Lesa Wineglass-Smalls captures the sights from the Charleston, SC 50th Anniversary celebration honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Set to the sounds of the Mighty Burke High School Bulldogs High Stepping Marching Band; under the direction of Mr. Linard McCloud.

News Photojournalist Lesa Wineglass-Smalls highlights North Charleston, SC Native Son, Reggie Burgess, the first African-American North Charleston Chief of Police. She also gets reaction from his Bonds Wilson High School football coach, Mr. Earl Speights, as well as the honoree himself.

News Photojournalist Lesa Wineglass-Smalls shadows William "Marty" Rodenberg, owner of Sea Island Auto Service, as residents of the Tri-County area (Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester) continue to recover from the "bomb cyclone" of nearly a week ago.

News Photojournalist Lesa Wineglass-Smalls captures the sights and sounds from the 2017 Kwanzaa Lighting of the Kinara and Reclamation Service sponsored by the Kwanzaa Planning Committee and the City of Charleston; held at Marion Square and "United We Move Forward" Processional to Old Bethel United Methodist Church. Giovanni Richardson, Chairperson of the Kwanzaa Planning Committee, talks about this year's wonderful event.