Celebrating and Preserving a Living Legacy
The Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Center at Georgia Southern University stands as a vital resource for exploring and honoring the unique cultural, historical, and artistic contributions of the Gullah Geechee people. Spanning generations, this community’s rich traditions are rooted in resilience, creativity, and a profound connection to the southeastern coast.
Educational Opportunities and Community Engagement
Through immersive programs, exhibits, and events, the Center provides invaluable learning experiences for students, scholars, and the public. From storytelling and music to history and art, our offerings illuminate the traditions of the Gullah Geechee culture and inspire deeper understanding of their influence on our region and beyond.
Empowering Through Research and Collaboration
In partnership with the Gullah Geechee community, the Center supports research that amplifies Gullah Geechee voices and preserves their stories. Faculty and students collaborate with local leaders to create meaningful research projects, ensuring that Gullah Geechee heritage is respected, preserved, and shared.
Discover and Connect
The Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Center welcomes all who wish to learn, celebrate, and connect with this vibrant culture. Join us in preserving this heritage, as together, we honor the past and inspire a more inclusive, enriched future.
Contact the Gullah-Geechee Cultural Heritage Center
Joyce White, Ph.D.
Interim Director of the Gullah-Geechee Cultural Heritage Center
Assistant Professor of English, Gullah-Geechee Literatures and Culture
joycewhite@georgiasouthern.edu
Phone: 912-478-1248
Academic Research
The Georgia Southern University Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Center celebrates and preserves Gullah Geechee culture through focusing on academic research and community outreach. With education as a key component of the Gullah Geechee Heritage Center, it is important to note that Gullah Geechee people made significant contributions to disciplines within each of the nine colleges that comprise Georgia Southern University.
Visit the Gullah-Geechee Cultural Heritage Center
The Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Center celebrates and preserves Gullah Geechee culture along the South Georgia region of the Gullah Geechee Corridor. We are a community anchor that focuses on Gullah Geechee people and connects the past and present through interaction, academic research, and outreach across generations. The physical space, combined with the knowledge and ideas of the community instills pride, increases awareness and understanding, sustains preservation of language and cultural assets, and serves as a vehicle to tell the Gullah Geechee story to the surrounding community and beyond. The Center honors myriad contributions made by Gullah Geechee people, provides educational resources for all, promotes scholarship and research, and serves as a model for national reconciliation and reparations.
The center is located on Georgia Southern’s Savannah campus in the Armstrong Center, Room 102, 13040 Abercorn Street, Savannah, GA, 31419.
Directions to the Armstrong Center