“He actually commented that he hoped that the spirit of unity in Savannah would be an example for the rest of the United States,” said Dr. Keeley. Though Irish immigration into the city largely ended ...

SAVANNAH ― Shirley James hears often of the ... printed their first edition in 1875 and met resistance from the earliest days. The Civil War had ended just a decade earlier, and the Black ...

The Civil War — at least in Charleston — was lost. After capturing Savannah in December 1864, Union Gen. William T. Sherman marched his troops to Columbia rather than toward Charleston as ...

the area is worth a visit for what visitors described as some of the best Deep South architecture built after the Civil War. A short 20-mile drive east from downtown Savannah will bring you to the ...

U.S. public education is in upheaval. A flurry of executive orders and a U.S. DOE directive on race raise questions, provide few answers ...

Savannah State University ... member of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities founded after the Civil War through Second Morrill Land Grant Act of 1890. The act mandated that southern ...

For more than a century, Fort Benning's name honored a Confederate general who supported slavery. The military changed the ...

The Beach Institute began right after the Civil War ended in Downtown Savannah. Built by newly freed slaves in the area, it took two years to finish this building. “The building was built in ...

Associated Press Writers Russ Bynum in Savannah, Georgia ... as part of a broader effort by Congress to strip the names of Civil War rebels from military posts, roads, buildings and landmarks ...

The military renamed Forts Benning and Bragg, both established in 1918, as part of a broader effort by Congress to strip the names of Civil War rebels ... Russ Bynum in Savannah, Georgia, and ...

During the Civil War-era, it was also home to Camp Lawton, a Confederate military prison. Today, there is a museum on site that detail's the park's history. This was a recommended spot by ...