Down Bull Street, right next to Sacred Heart Catholic Church stands a historical marker. One that has been there since the 1980’s and holds the story of a woman who was almost forgotten if not for two friends who once didn’t even know who she was.
This Black History Month has been filled with events to celebrate and shine a light on the culture and achievements of African Americans all over. This weekend, you can check out the Gullah Geechee Grand African Ball.
The Hilton Head Island Gullah Celebration - Freedom Day: Film Series is happening this weekend and two documentaries will be featured: “Exploring the Families of Historic Mitchelville” and “Harriot Tubman: From Railroad to a Spy.”
In honor of Black History Month, the Savannah College of Art and Design is giving 250 people an up close look at how they are preserving Black history on campus.
As the Savannah Black Heritage Festival continues to celebrate culture all month, a local museum is offering a hands-on experience to connect to the culture.
The Fergerson Cemetery in Guyton may not be large, but it, and those laid to rest there, have a big story to tell. A story that’s being kept alive thanks to a small group of people who volunteer to keep it clean and look deeper into its history.
This weekend you can experience Super Museum Sunday in a new way! The Savannah College of Art and Design is offering a special tour highlighting some of Savannah’s rich African-American history.
As a child growing up in a very poor single-family home in Wilmington, Delaware, Sociologist, New York Times Best Selling Author, Dr. Bertice Berry, worked hard in school and just as hard cleaning homes and banks by the time she was 12 to help her family make ends meet.
The executive director of the Savannah Black Heritage Festival, Teresa-Michelle Walker Jackson join Morning Break on Monday as the festival is ready to begin a 33rd year with a bit of a hybrid format.
Black History Month is just days away and the Tybee MLK organization announced a series of events they’re hosting to celebrate the role African-Americans played in the nation’s history.
Did you know that some of the first Black elected lawmakers in the nation were from the State of Georgia? After the Emancipation Proclamation, laws changed and Blacks were allowed to run for office.
A new exhibit tells the stories of the African Americans who worked at Jekyll Island’s famous Jekyll Island Club. “In the Service of Others” is on display at the Mosaic Museum in honor of Black History Month.
If you want to learn more about our nation’s history this Black History Month, Live Oak Libraries has a full slate of free activities and resources for you and your family.
Queen Quet Goodwine, Chieftess and Head of State for the Gullah/Geechee Nation taught our Brian Byers about one of those sites, the Chapel of Ease on St. Helena Island.
Doctor Carolyn Jordan helped establish and organize a consistent celebration of Freedom Day at Savannah State when she began working for the university a few years ago. One of those traditions is that the youngest descendent of Richard R Wright Senior lays a wreath at his statue on campus. This year
From Martin Luther King, Jr. to our very own Ron Wallace, when you walk into the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum in downtown Savannah, you’ll see many of the pioneers who fought for equal rights in our community.
The plan for Savannah’s only monument of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has been in the works for two and a half years and the wait to see it will take a little longer.
Thursday one of the six original men who reintegrated the Savannah Fire Department spoke to current firefighters about his journey and service to celebrate Black History Month.
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