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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Springfield Central High School historical marker unveiled Effingham County Board of Commissioners Chairman Wesley Corbitt speaks at the end of Friday s marker dedication ceremony. - photo by Mark Lastinger/staff
SPRINGFIELD A tribute to the past is a symbol of hope for the future.
That was the primary theme of Friday’s unveiling of a historical marker at 434 Wallace Drive, the site of Springfield Central High School from 1956-70.
“I believe this marker is important because it speaks to a place in time related to the history of public school segregation in Georgia as it reflects the attitude, inequities and the extent to which Georgia state government went in order to preserve segregation,” said Dr. Franklin Goldwire, assistant chairperson of the Spr
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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Solomon s bus provided opportunities for Black students Renty Solomon (1903-1978) purchased a bus from Fort Valley’s Blue Bird Body company in the 1940s. - photo by File photo
EDITOR’S NOTE This is the third installment of a four-story February series dedicated to people and/or places key to Black history in Effingham County.
RINCON Renty Solomon’s school bus was always loaded. Every nook and cranny not taken up by students was filled by his kindness and concern for others.
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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. MLK Jr. Observance Day goes on despite COVID-19 The Rev. Dr. Leo Burns, grand marshal, speaks during Monday s Martin Luther King Jr. Observance Day celebration at the Effingham County Fairgrounds in Springfield. - photo by Mark Lastinger/staff I love all my brothers and sisters, and I love them to my heart and I pray for them even those that don’t care about me.
Rev. Dr. Leo Burns, grand marshal of Martin Luther King Jr. Observance Day
SPRINGFIELD The spectators were confined to their vehicles because of COVID-19. The contagious disease did nothing to restrain the enthusiasm for the occasion, however.
Emancipation Proclamation anniversary is celebrated in Effingham
By Tony Chiariello
The Concerned Citizens of Effingham County, a combination of churches and civic organizations, held a drive-up celebration of the 158th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1 in the parking lot of the Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Association in Guyton.
The proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln on Jan. 1, 1863, announced that all slaves in the rebellious states shall be henceforth, and forever, free.
It was not until the 13th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified by three-fourths of the states on Dec. 18, 1865, that the abolition of slavery actually took place.
At the ceremony, Torian A. White, the principal of South Effingham High School, served as the master of ceremonies. He was valedictorian of the 1999 SEHS graduating class.