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Historical marker Savannah's Waving Girl statue, inscribed with Martus' incorrect year of birth. Florence Margaret Martus (August 7, 1868 – February 8, 1943), [1] also known as "the Waving Girl", took it upon herself to be the unofficial greeter of all ships entering and leaving the Port of Savannah, Georgia, via the Savannah River, between 1887 and 1931. [1]
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Florence Martus: Nicknamed "the Waving Girl", the unofficial greeter of all ships entering and leaving the Port of Savannah from 1887 to 1931 Lucy Barrow McIntire: Activist, preservationist, actor, and poet Lafayette McLaws: U.S. Army officer and a Confederate general in the American Civil War: Isaac P. Mendes: Rabbi John Millen
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The Savannah Belles Ferry is a series of four passenger ferries in Savannah, Georgia, United States, which run between Savannah's River Street (from City Hall or from Waving Girl Landing) and Hutchinson Island in the Savannah River. Established in 2000, [1] they are owned and operated by Chatham Area Transit (CAT), and run at no cost to the ...
The Black Book is a collage-like book compiled by Toni Morrison and published by Random House in 1974, [1] which explores the history and experience of African Americans in the United States [2] [3] through various historic documents, facsimiles, artwork, obituaries, advertisements, patent applications, photographs, sheet music, and more.
Our Nig: Sketches from the Life of a Free Black is an autobiographical novel by Harriet E. Wilson. First published in 1859, [ 1 ] it was rediscovered in 1981 by Henry Louis Gates Jr. [ 2 ] and was subsequently reissued with an introduction by Gates (London: Allison & Busby , 1984). [ 3 ]
[4] Reviewers from Publishers Weekly wrote, "Many readers will agree with Patterson that this is the 'best book [he’s] written in 25 years.'” [5] Joe Hartlaub of bookreporter said this, "While it ends on an upbeat yet bittersweet note, the characters --- those who make it through to its conclusion, anyway --- seem too good to be consigned ...