Por: WPLG Local 10 Nation August 25, 2023
SAVANNAH, Ga. – Georgia's oldest city, steeped in history predating the American Revolution, made a historic break with its slavery-era past Thursday as Savannah's city council voted to rename a downtown square in honor of a Black woman who taught formerly enslaved people to read and write. is the first person of color whose name will adorn one of Savannah’s 23 squares. It's the that Savannah has approved a name change for one... + full article
New York Daily News USA Nation August 26, 2023
Savannah’s city council voted Thursday to rename a 170-year-old town square, in an attempt to shed some of its pro-slavery past and honor the Black educator and nurse Susie King Taylor. Calhoun Square, in Georgia’s oldest city, was originally named for John C. Calhoun, a... + más
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Savannah picks emancipated Black woman to replace name of slavery advocate on historic square | WPLG Local 10
WPLG Local 10 USA Nation August 12, 2023
SAVANNAH, Ga. – Nine months after leaders of Georgia's oldest city from one of its public squares, nominees being considered for the green space's new name include a Black woman who taught formerly enslaved people to read and write.Susie King Taylor, who started a... + más
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Associated Press USA Science February 24, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) — A chunk of weather-beaten flotsam that washed up on a New York shoreline after Tropical Storm Ian last fall has piqued the interest of experts who say it is likely part of the , which ran aground and broke apart in 1821, two years after it became the first... + más
Flotsam found off New York may be from famous SS Savannah | ABC News
ABC News USA Tech February 24, 2023
NEW YORK -- A chunk of weather-beaten flotsam that washed up on a New York shoreline after Tropical Storm Ian last fall has piqued the interest of experts who say it is likely part of the SS Savannah, which ran aground and broke apart in 1821, two years after it became the first... + más
Flotsam found off New York may be from famous SS Savannah | Associated Press
Los Angeles Times USA World February 24, 2023
A chunk of weather-beaten flotsam that washed up on a New York shoreline after Tropical Storm Ian last fall has piqued the interest of experts who say it is likely part of the SS Savannah, which ran aground and broke apart in 1821, two years after it became the first vessel to... + más
The SS Savannah has been lost since 1821 — but a piece of the wreck may just have washed up in New York | CBS News
WPLG Local 10 USA Politics November 10, 2022
SAVANNAH, Ga. – Leaders of Georgia's oldest city voted Thursday to strip the name of a former U.S. vice president and vocal slavery advocate from the public square named in his honor more than 170 years ago.Plotted in 1851, Calhoun Square was named for John C. Calhoun, a... + más
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Los Angeles Times USA World November 10, 2022
Leaders of Georgia's oldest city voted Thursday to strip the name of a former U.S. vice president and vocal slavery advocate from the public square named in his honor more than 170 years ago. Plotted in 1851, Calhoun Square was named for John C. Calhoun, a prominent... + más
Georgia city strips 170-year-old honor from slavery advocate | WPLG Local 10
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