The Skanner News - Savannah Picks Emancipated Black Woman to Replace Name of Slavery Advocate on Historic Square

Georgia's oldest city made a historic break with its slavery-era, as Savannah's city council voted to rename a downtown square in honor of a Black woman who taught formerly enslaved people to read and write.

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