The Beach Institute was founded in 1865 during Reconstruction as the first official school for African-Americans in Savannah. Today, the original historic building is home to the Beach Institute African-American […]
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Savannah’s Beach Institute celebrates Black History Month with ‘#BLM’ exhibit
The cultivation of art is a way to hold a meaningful conversation without even speaking. For Black History Month, the King-Tisdell Cottage Foundation’s Beach Institute and the Savannah-Chatham County Public […]
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5 Sites of Savannah’s Black History
In honor of Black History Month, we present five sites around Savannah that were all major settings in the long saga of this community’s African-American population, with insight from local […]
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Sharing artifacts
Willis Hakim Jones has been collecting Gullah-Geechee artifacts and memorabilia for years now
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Shake your peacock feathers
This Friday, they’ll host their annual Peacock Party and 30th anniversary celebration at the Beach Institute
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Revisiting the Central Park Five
‘The Central Park Five’ came out in 2012, and the Beach Institute will show it this Thursday as part of their film and discussion series
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Taking a closer look at our history
As most know, racism is by no means over, and its effects are still seen today
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African American history and culture highlighted in ‘Lift Every Voice’
This year, Lift Every Voice returns to several Savannah sites to honor our community’s African American history
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Super Museum Sunday!
We’ve categorized the sites by interest to help you plan your day.
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‘A more inclusive and nuanced history’
Eight of Savannah’s historically significant organizations offer a day of free admission this Sunday, August 20.
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Georgia’s WIN List sees record participation in political training boot camps
An ethnically-diverse, multi-generational crowd sat rapt as facilitator Kate Coyne-McCoy ran down a rainbow of Powerpoint slides on everything from how to ask for money to creating an authentic message to building a contact list.