Black South Carolina Residents Say Re-Routed Penn Center Parade Feels Like Erasure NYT | Top Stories Eduardo Medina 9 November 2025 at 02:47 The annual Penn Center Heritage Day Parade in South Carolina draws hundreds to celebrate the Gullah Geechee people. But a new route has Black residents feeling as if their legacy is vanishing. © Donaven Doughty for The New York TimesThe annual Penn Center Heritage Day Parade on St. Helena Island has been scaled back, after years of traffic complaints.