Hercules Escaped On His Enslaver’s Birthday!
Hercules was born around 1750 in Virginia. He was originally owned by one of President George Washington’s neighbors. When that neighbor couldn’t afford to pay his mortgage, a lot of
We All Had a Black Wall Street
There’s a running joke that if you want to know where any city’s ghetto is, just find Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. But that wasn’t always the case in Savannah.
Zora’s Opinion on School Desegregation
From: Zora Neale Hurston To: The Orlando Sentinel Date: August 11, 1955 — Editor: I promised God and some other responsible characters, including a bench of bishops, that I was
My Daddy Was Like Malcolm X (‘Til He Hit Me With That Martin Shit)
“I don’t give a damn if all they buy is fried chicken with it. Give us our damn money.” We were having a debate on reparations. I was about 18
Watch Night, the Proclamation, and the 13th
I grew up going to church on New Year’s Eve, but I didn’t learn about “Watch Night Service” until about five or so years ago while volunteering with the Gullah
Our Skruggles and Successes: From the Silent Generation to Generation Z
I’ve been wanting to write this article for a while, but it’s so big. I feared leaving important parts out, so much so that I’m just now getting around to
Aminah Robinson’s House in Columbus is What Virginia Kiah’s House in Savannah Should Be
Virginia Kiah, in short, was born in 1911, grew up in Baltimore, and moved to Savannah in 1950. She taught at Beach High School then retired in 1963 to work
The Language and Rules That Exclude (And Execute) Women
By Trelani Michelle and Diamond Afeni “They didn’t burn witches. They burned women.” I don’t remember exactly who said that, but it stuck with me. They burned women who talked