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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).…

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…

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.

Now considered uptown, or the Garden District, the neighborhood that Lafayette No. 1 sits in was once all plantation. Notably, the defendant in the Plessy vs. Ferguson case, Judge Ferguson, was buried here. He upheld the state law that segregation,…

The proximity of the main house and the slave cabins are evident here.

Vaughnette Goode-Walker has devoted her life to the study of urban slavery in Savannah, and leads a truly amazing tour sharing stories of the the city's past. She insists on referring to the "remembrance" of slavery, rather than the…

The Tomb of the Unknown Slave is dedicated to the "nameless, faceless, turfless Africans who met an untimely death in Faubourg Treme." The shrine "honors all slaves buried throughout the United States and those slaves in particular who lie beneath…

After Sunday service on April 17, 2016, a mural of the "Mother Emanuel AME 9" was unveiled. The mural, by Scott Stanton "Panhandle Slim" is a gift from First Baptist to Mother Emanuel. Standing before the mural is Rev. Dr. Brenda Nelson, who was in…

This placard marks the house and workshop of former Charleston blacksmith and legendary artist Philip Simmons.

This is the house of former Charleston blacksmith and legendary artist, Philip Simmons, with his workshop to the right.