NEH Landmarks of American History Workshop

June 10, 2012 - June 23, 2012

From June 10 - 23, 2012, GHS will bring 50 educators from around the nation to participate in two week-long NEH funded workshops for community college faculty entitled, “African-American History and Culture in the Georgia Lowcountry: Savannah and the Coastal Islands, 1750–1950.”  Each session will be attended by 25 community college faculty members currently teaching humanities courses at institutions throughout the country. Workshop participants will explore the broad themes of race and slavery in American history by focusing on site-specific experiences of communities in and around Savannah from the late eighteenth through the early twentieth centuries. The workshop will include lecture sessions by nationally recognized experts on African-American folklife, culture, and religion and slavery in the American South; guided tours of the streets, squares, and structures of Savannah’s Historic Landmark District; and site visits to Ossabaw and Sapelo Islands.

Library Hours: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

June 16, 2012

The Georgia Historical Society Research Library and Archives will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
 
The Library has Saturday hours on the first and third Saturdays of the month.

Historical Marker Dedication

June 16, 2012

Glenwood Elementary and High School

11 a.m.

163 King St.

Winder, Ga.

Glenwood Elementary and High School

Glenwood Elementary and High School was established in 1951 as one of Georgia’s first public consolidated schools for African Americans. Part of a statewide equalization effort to improve school buildings and preserve segregation, Glenwood became the only public school for black students in Barrow County, consolidating several smaller rural schools including Bethlehem, Tanner’s Bridge, Fairfield, and Bush Chapel.  Through academics and extra-curricular activities like chorus and drama Glenwood inspired community pride.  LaFar Dupree Sims served as the school’s only principal and helped guide Glenwood and the community through the process of school integration.  In 1970 Glenwood was closed and an integrated Winder-Barrow Middle School opened in the same building at this location.

Erected by the Georgia Historical Society, the Glenwood Barrow County H.S. Alumni Association, Inc., the Barrow County Board of Education, and the Barrow County Historical Society