Virginia Jackson Khia
Virginia Jackson was born on June 3, 1911 to two powerful civil rights leaders: Keiffer Albert Jackson (originally from Mississippi) and Dr. Lillian Carroll Jackson (from Baltimore). Her mother was
Floyd Adams, Jr.
Floyd Adams, Jr., a Geechee man, was born in Savannah on May 11, 1945. He would’ve been 75 today. His parents were Wilhelmina Adams and Floyd Adams, Sr. He was
Amelia Boynton Robinson
Amelia Isadora Platts, a Geechee woman, was born in Savannah on August 18, 1911 (a Leo). She was one of ten children between George–a construction worker who owned a wholesale
Mother Mathilda Beasley
Mathilda Taylor was born enslaved in New Orleans in 1834 and moved to Savannah as a free woman in the 1850s. In addition to making 💵 as a seamstress and
Aaron Alpeoria Bradley
Aaron Alpeoria Bradley was born on a South Carolina plantation owned by a prominent politician. A Gullah man. He escaped to Boston and became one of America’s first black lawyers.
Madam Birdie Freeman
In the early 1900s, well off black women in Savannah sometimes called themselves madames. Beauticians included. Madame Freeman was one of em. She was born Bridie Andres in Hampton, SC
Alice Woodby-McKane
Happy birthday, Alice Woodby. She was born on February 12, 1865 in Pennsylvania, the same year the Confederates lost the Civil War and slavery ended legally. In 1892, she earned
Cornelius Mckane
Cornelius McKane was born in Georgetown, British Guiana, on February 2, 1862. That’s in South America and is now called Guyana. He’s the great-grandson of King Mannah Funacai of Liberia,