In February, the city of Savannah dedicated Taylor Square in honor of Susie King Taylor, a freedom seeker who succeeded in her escape from slavery. Come Juneteenth (June 19), the Susie King Taylor ...

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.

Beneath the Spanish moss draping over Taylor Square Saturday morning, roughly 300 people gathered around a stage held by local leaders. Among them were Patt Gunn of Susie King Taylor Center for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...