Schedule to the Virtual 32ND ANNUAL SAVANNAH BLACK HERITAGE FESTIVAL
Presented by Savannah State University with investment by the City of Savannah
“Reflect, Reform, Rejoice
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Feb 1. 6 pm – 79th National Freedom Day Observance (A precursor event). Commemorating President Abraham Lincoln’s signing a resolution for the 13th Constitutional Amendment to outlaw Slavery. Observance initiated by Richard R. Wright, former slave and 1st President of Savannah State University. “RR” Presented by Savannah State University Student Affairs Office, The Wright Choice Initiative Mentoring Program. Contact: 912-358-3147; jordanca@savannahstate.edu.
Blacks and Latinos are more likely to get sick and die from COVID than their white counterparts but also have more hesitancy and less access to the vaccine that can protect them.
In Chatham County for example, 13 of the 15 people age 45 or under who have died from COVID were Black or Latino. But of the first 18,000 people who received the vaccine through the Chatham County Health Department, only 17 percent were Black. African Americans make up 41 percent of the county.
To discuss these issues the Savannah Morning News, The Savannah Tribune and radio stations E-93 and Magic 103.9 hosted the panel The COVID Vaccine and You: What Black and Latino Communities Need to Know Thursday evening at St. Philip AME Church in Savannah. The in-person event was limited in number to comply with social distancing guidelines, but the panel was livestreamed at savannahnow.com and on Facebook to allow broader participation. It can be viewed at http://bit.ly/SMNcovidpanel
Tammi Brown rolled up her sleeve at an outdoor ceremony at the Chatham County Health Department on Dec. 15 and as Gov. Brian Kemp and Georgia Commissioner of Health Dr. Kathleen Toomey looked on, she became one of the first people in Georgia to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
As the Chatham County Nurse Manager, Brown likes to lead by example. And like the other five panelists who will be joining her 6 p.m. Thursday for a public discussion about the facts and myths of the COVID-19 vaccine, she wants to know why some people don t want the vaccine.
One recurrent theme stands out as she talks to the vaccine reluctant, even other healthcare workers.
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
When Dr. Jesse J. Lewis Sr. was a student with the school newspaper at Miles College in Fairfield, Alabama, just outside of Birmingham, he went for the one interview that no Black journalist would ever consider: Alabama Gov. George Wallace, the virulent segregationist.
“[Wallace] had never given a Black person an interview,” Lewis said. “I called [his office] one afternoon, and he answered the phone. I told him who I was and what I wanted. He said, ‘I don’t have my schedule, but call me tomorrow before 12.’ I called him the next day and talked to his secretary. He told her I was going to call. I was shocked, and he gave me an interview.”