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MIDWAY, Ga. (WTOC) - Saturday marks the 162nd anniversary of Susie King Taylor’s escape from slavery, and people in Midway commemorated the day. She was a Civil War nurse, teacher and author who left ...
LIBERTY COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC) - A Liberty County historian is keeping the name of Susie King Taylor alive. King-Taylor was born into slavery in Liberty County and grew up in Savannah in the 1800s.
Susie King Taylor Community School is a charter school located in Savannah, GA, which is in a mid-size city setting. The student population of Susie King Taylor Community School is 305 and the ...
The city council of Savannah, Georgia, voted Thursday to rename a downtown square after Susie King Taylor, a Black woman who once taught slaves to read and write. The change marks the first time a ...
Calhoun from the city’s historic square. The name of the city square will be replaced by Susie King Taylor, an emancipated Black woman who taught former enslaved people how to read and write.
Susie King Taylor is the first person of color whose name will adorn one of Savannah’s 23 squares. It’s the first time in 140 years that Savannah has approved a name change for one of the ...
In an almost poetic twist, Savannah could move to rename the square for Susie King Taylor, a barrier-breaking Georgia woman who was born into slavery. She made history in Calhoun's home state of ...
Susie King Taylor is the first person of color whose name will adorn one of Savannah’s 23 squares. It’s the first time in 140 years that Savannah has approved a name change for one of the ...
The city council voted to rename a downtown square in honor of a Black woman, Susie King Taylor. According to KXAN, after nine months of the square remaining unnamed while City Hall received ...