HIST 058B. An Extended Stay in Gullah/Geechee Low Country

This course invites students to study the history and culture of the Gullah/Geechee people through the lens of fictive literature and memoir. The readings provide a vivid and varied portrait of the individuals, communities, and two centuries of culture found along the Georgia Sea Coast. Materials address themes of enslavement, Jim Crow segregation, black faith and folk art traditions, and the struggle for economic and political autonomy.
Prerequisite: A HIST or BLST course at Swarthmore.
Social sciences.
1 credit.
Eligible for BLST
Catalog chapter: History
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/history

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