Gather the People: Building Community in Zora’s Footsteps
Me: “It ain’t there!” Her: “It’s not…there!” Her is Tanya Birl Torres. She’s from Canada. I’m from Louisiana and Savannah. We’re so different, but so alike in the ways that
Igbo Landing Be Like, “They Would’ve Had to Kill Us Too!”
When we see or read about the horrors of slavery and say, “they would’ve had to kill me,” the Africans who resisted at Igbo Landing on St. Simon’s Island be like,
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
Susie King Taylor Saved Savannah + Krak Teet
Susie was born August 6, 1848 in Liberty County, Georgia, which is 30-something miles from Savannah. She was the eldest of Hagar Ann Reed and Raymond Baker’s 9 children. Susie