News

From Nottoway To Monticello,15 Slave Plantations With Brutal Backstories. ... Ga., Jarrell Plantation stands today as a historic landmark after the descents of John Fitz Jarrell’s donation, ...
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Georgia’s highest court waded Wednesday into a fight between Black landowners and local officials who have weakened long-standing protections for one of the South’s last ...
Unlock Access to Premier Legal Insights with Law.com Join the Law.com community today! Explore the entire Law.com network. Enjoy free access to one article from the Law.com network every 30 days*.
SAVANNAH, Ga. — We were standing in front of the First African Baptist Church in Savannah, a registered historic landmark. It’s home to the oldest continuous Black congregation in the nation ...
St. Simons Island, off the coast of Georgia, is a paradise of beaches, golf courses, tennis courts, swimming pools and nature trails. Roads pass beneath live oak-tree canopies, draped with Spanish ...
From agriculture to racial relations and politics, the Sea Islands Hurricane of 1893 had far-reaching impacts.
But these storms were just a warmup for the Sea Islands Hurricane, which struck just south of Tybee Island and Savannah, Georgia, on Aug. 27, 1893, devastated the coastal regions and barrier islands ...
SAVANNAH, Ga. − Engineers and other experts were working Monday to determine what caused the "catastrophic failure” on a gangway that collapsed into the water at a ferry dock on a barrier ...
SAVANNAH, Ga. ‒ "Catastrophic failure" was blamed Sunday for the collapse of a dock gangway that killed seven people and plunged more than a dozen others into murky waters, bringing tragedy to a ...
The idea of "Black jobs" owes to the way work was defined in 18th and 19th centuries America, to support slavery and white supremacy.
AUGUSTA, Ga (WJBF)- Many people drive across it or run, walk and bike beside it every day. Many kayak and fish on it too. We’re talking about the Augusta Canal. In this month’s “Hometown ...