Gussie White

Gussie White
Born(1889-01-30)January 30, 1889
Alabama, USA
DiedJanuary 23, 1953(1953-01-23) (aged 63)
Chatham County, Georgia, USA
Burial placeLaurel Grove Cemetery
Occupation(s)Archaeologist; civil rights activist
EmployerWorks Progress Administration
SpouseBonaparte White
ChildrenJohn White (first Black police officer in Georgia)[citation needed]

Gussie White (30 January 1889 – 23 January 1953)[1] was an American archaeologist, civil rights activist, and Works Progress Administration employee,[2][3] who in that role was one of the few named Black women (of at least 87 total)[4] involved in the excavation of the Irene Mound (a significant site of Georgia prehistory).[5][4][6] Her son, John White, was the first Black police officer in Georgia.[2]

  1. ^ "Gussie White (1889-1953)". Find a Grave Memorial. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
  2. ^ a b Knox, Margaret L. (23 Sep 1984). "State's First Black Officer Waged Two Wars". The Atlanta Journal and Constitution. p. 102.
  3. ^ Whalen, Gail; Price, Michael E. (1998). "The Elusive Women of Irene: The WPA Excavation of a Savannah Indian Mound". The Georgia Historical Quarterly. 82 (3): 608–626. ISSN 0016-8297. JSTOR 40583952.
  4. ^ a b Claassen, Cheryl (1993). "Black and White Women at Irene Mound". Southeastern Archaeology. 12 (2): 137–147. ISSN 0734-578X. JSTOR 40713002.
  5. ^ Reilly, Matthew C. (2022). "Archaeologies of whiteness". Archaeological Dialogues. 29 (1): 51–66. doi:10.1017/S1380203822000174. ISSN 1380-2038. S2CID 248467504.
  6. ^ "Gussie White". Trowelblazers. 26 July 2020. Retrieved 2023-03-12.