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Johnnie Brown leads Savannah's Freedom Trail Tour, which is part of the legacy of Westley Wallace Law. Mr. Brown points out a whipping tree where blacks were punished by slave drivers.

Laurel Grove is the final resting place of many slaves. 15 acres of the original white cemetery were put aside for "free peoples of color and slaves."

Westley Wallace Law served as president of the Savannah chapter of the NAACP for 30 years and worked his entire life for civil rights. He is buried in Laurel Grove Cemetery South, the black side of the cemetery (as opposed to the north/white side).…

These "Whites Only" and "Blacks Only" signs on the WCs at the Civil Rights Museum serve as a reminder of where we've come from and how far we still have to go in terms of racial equality in this country.

The Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum, named after Mr. Gilbert, one of the leaders of the Savannah civil rights movement, is housed in a building that was once home to the Wage Earners Savings and Loan Bank, one of the largest banks for blacks…

The graffiti reads "The purpose of government should not be to keep people from achieving anything," to which it seems another person added on "Truth."

The monument depicts hands in shackles, like the shackles of slavery that African Americans have risen from.

The African American Family Monument was dedicated in 2002, and stands on River Street. It has an inscription by Maya Angelou, however, the last line in that inscription was not written by Angelou herself. There was a lot of controversy about this…

The Mercer Williams, more recently made famous as the house in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, was owned by John Williams, who restored over 50 houses in the Savannah area. Today the house offers guided tours.

This Gothic revival Savannah mansion was the home of Charles Green, who, rather than have his house destroyed in the Civil War, allowed Gen. Sherman to make it his headquarters. Green was a cotton and ship merchant. He would have owned slaves, and…