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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."

Translation of the inscription:

To the fallen victims of the September 17, 1939 Soviet aggression murdered in the East
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Nation
September 17, 1995

Translated by Pawel A. Slabiak

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

This project was funded by Bernard and Anne Spitzer Travel Fellowship for research projects involving travel abroad and incorporating the study of architecture, landscape architecture, or urbanism.

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…

This project was funded by Bernard and Anne Spitzer Travel Fellowship for research projects involving travel abroad and incorporating the study of architecture, landscape architecture, or urbanism.

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 project was funded by Bernard and Anne Spitzer Travel Fellowship for research projects involving travel abroad and incorporating the study of architecture, landscape architecture, or urbanism.

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…