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The city of Savannah, Georgia, was founded in 1733, [1] making it the oldest city in the state and one of the oldest in the United States. [2] [3] At its founding, the city was a farming community where slavery was banned, though the institution became legal in 1750 and, in the following years, Savannah became a major port city in the Atlantic slave trade. [1]
Savannah State students marched through campus on Monday Feb. 19 to protest a plan to cut the Visual and Performing Arts program
Hundred students gathered in front of Savannah State’s Student Union building on the morning of Feb. 19 to protest cuts to the HBCU’s visual and performing arts programs.
Westley Wallace Law (January 1, 1923 – July 29, 2002) was an American civil rights leader from Savannah, Georgia. He was president of the Savannah chapter of the NAACP and made great strides in desegregation through nonviolent resistance from 1950 to 1976, serving as a leader in the Savannah Protest Movement. He spent much of the rest of his ...
The protests have been met with a violent police crackdown as the ruling party and thousands of protesters become locked in a deepening battle over the country’s future and whether Georgia ...
A series of George Floyd protests took place in Georgia, United States, following the murder of George Floyd in 2020. 11 consecutive days of protests and rallies occurred in Atlanta through June 8, 2020. [3] Through July 2020, protests occurred in twenty various cities and communities in the state.
Savannah State Interim President, Cynthia Robinson Alexander addresses students during a Student Government Association forum on Wednesday Feb. 21, 2024 at the university's Student Union.
George Floyd protests in Georgia; S. Savannah Protest Movement; Stop Cop City This page was last edited on 19 January 2023, at 08:45 (UTC). ...