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Georgia Historical Society Welcomes Fifty Educators to Savannah During NEH Landmarks in American History and Culture Workshops for Community College Faculty

Savannah, GA – July 11, 2008. The Georgia Historical Society (GHS) welcomes fifty educators from across the United States to Savannah next week. Representing 19 states, they will participate in GHS’s National Endowment for Humanities (NEH) funded workshops for community college faculty entitled, “African-American History and Culture in the Georgia Lowcountry: Savannah and the Coastal Islands, 1750 – 1950”. Two week-long workshop sessions have been planned for July 13 – 18, 2008, and July 20 – 25, 2008; 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.

SAVANNAH: 501 Whitaker St., Savannah, GA 31401
ATLANTA: 260 14th St., NW, Ste. A-148, Atlanta, GA 30318

Georgia Historical Society (GHS) is the premier independent statewide institution responsible for collecting, examining and teaching Georgia history. GHS houses the oldest and most distinguished collection of materials related exclusively to Georgia history in the nation.