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
12 Books ’bout Savannah’s Black History
One for every month of the year 🙂 This list ain’t by no means ALL the books on Savannah’s black history. It’s just the ones that I found most useful
10 Healing Plants and Herbs the Gullah Geechee Used Backintheday
Our people brought all kinda knowledge from Africa with them to the States, including folk remedies to stay well and get well. They added natural medicine from the Native American
St. Patrick’s in Savannah in the ’60s
On March 16th, 1960, two Beach High students and one Savannah State student–Carolyn Quinn, Joan Tyson, and Ernest Robinson–got arrested for trying to eat at a whites-only lunch counter at