Joseph McGill, founder of the Slave Dwelling Project, will share his experiences in a lecture on Thursday, Oct. 15, at 5 p.m. in the Thomas W. and Robin W. Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts Recital Hall at Coastal Carolina University. Admission is free and open to the public.

There are many dwellings across the United States that were once lived in by enslaved people. In an effort to bring attention to these often-neglected residences, McGill has spent the night in over 70 of them. He is often joined by descendants of the enslaved and those who enslaved them. As part of Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Month, McGill will chronicle his overnight stays in these dwellings and will describe the future of the project.

The Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission is a federally-legislated commission that aims to recognize contributions made by African Americans known as Gullah Geechee and assist state and local governments and public and private entities in South Carolina, North Carolina, California and Florida in interpreting and preserving Gullah Geechee culture. The commission created Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Month to spread cultural awareness. The program is part of the Nancy Smith Distinguished Visiting Lecturer Series.

The Edwards Recital Hall is located at 133 Chanticleer Drive, Conway in room 152. For more information, contact Veronica Gerald, federal commissioner on the Gullah Geechee Heritage Corridor Commission at vgerald@coastal.edu or 843-349-2429.