City Talk: Time for Savannah leaders to look again at removing I-16 exit ramp
Removing the flyover and restoring a network of streets along the MLK corridor would improve traffic flow and connectivity and spark economic activity
Bill Dawers
This is a column by City Talk s Bill Dawers, a longtime contributor to the Savannah Morning News.
In the most recent issue of Beacon Magazine, which explores issues of race and class in Savannah, co-editor Amy Paige Condon notes that the construction of the I-16 flyover gutted the vital Black business district along West Broad Street, now Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard.
Nonprofit works to help Black landowners and reclaim Black land starting with Sapelo Island
Amber Smith, For Beacon Magazine
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7:54 am UTC Feb. 10, 2021
Beacon Magazine and the Savannah Morning News explore the effects of race and class discrimination in Savannah institutions and offer solutions to overcoming the obstacles that divide us.
Map of Sapelo IslandPhoto courtesy of Black Land Matters
Not far from Savannah, on Sapelo Island, lies Hog Hammock. This small Black community is a striking example of how culture can be preserved. As one of the last surviving intact Gullah Geechee communities, life in Hog Hammock is still much like it was in the 1700s.
Savannah pastors seek innovative ways to foster multicultural worship and ministry
Rachel Cleveland, For Beacon Magazine
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8:03 am UTC Feb. 10, 2021
Beacon Magazine and the Savannah Morning News explore the effects of race and class discrimination in Savannah institutions and offer solutions to overcoming the obstacles that divide us.
When asked about the moral obligation of integration, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously responded, “I think it is one of the tragedies of our nation…that eleven o’clock on Sunday morning is one of the most segregated hours…in Christian America.”
More than half a century later, Christian America strives in fits and starts to fulfill Dr. King’s call to racial integration within the church; to bring people of many races and cultures together within one congregation.
Editor: Dismantling race and class discrimination are ongoing quests
Rana L. Cash, Savannah Morning News
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5:43 am UTC Feb. 10, 2021
Beacon Magazine and the Savannah Morning News explore the effects of race and class discrimination in Savannah institutions and offer solutions to overcoming the obstacles that divide us.
These are only a few of the timeless fights for equality that have been featured in the ongoing “Justice In My Town” series. Some seek measured but notable progress. Others demand an expedient overhaul of systems, policies and practices that keep scales perpetually unbalanced.
Savannah Morning News editor Rana L. Cash.
From small and mid-size towns, they all recently pulled up a virtual seat for a national conversation on race spanning generations and touching every corner of the country. Their stories are about battles won, but more urgently, they are about battles ongoing to stamp out the scourge of systemic racism.