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Earl T. Shinhoster
Earl T. Shinhoster came of age as a teen in Savannah’s 1960s Civil Rights Movement and left a legacy across two continents. As a teen, Shinhoster was a leader in the civil rights movement in Savannah. He became involved in the NAACP Youth Council in…
Esther F. Garrison
Esther F. Garrison Muscian - Administrator - School board member - Education Activist. Esther F. Garrison was a Musician and singer who came to Savannah in 1942. She served as the church musician at Mt. Zion Baptist Church and worked as office…
Gathering Voices, The Bloc Vote Strategy
Bloc voting is a political strategy, used into the 1970s, where citizens of a community choose common candidates. In the 1960s, groups like the Political Guidance Committee and the Political Advisory Council gave Savannah's Black community…
Gathering Voices, The Political Advisory Council
Attorney Eugene Gadsden, PAC Chairman The Political Advisory Council of the Savannah branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) recommended political candidates for the Black community to vote for. Read an…
Hosea Williams and Voting Rights
Hosea Williams, Chatham County Courthouse, RMG Fredrick C. Baldwin Collection In the 1960s, the registration of black voters, in Savannah, was under the leadership of Hosea Williams who headed up the Chatham County Crusade for Voters (CCCV) the…
NAACP Sunday Mass Meeting
Sunday Mass Meetings were weekly gatherings at churches throughout the Black community where members shared news, material goods and gospel songs. Read a newspaper article from The Herald, a local Black-owned newspaper, to learn about the important…
Ralph Mark Gilbert
Dr. Gilbert has been described as "a great gospel preacher, peerless orator, religious dramatist, and dauntless leader of all causes and forces which serve an aggrandized mankind." Museum is named for Civil Rights Trailblazer By Jane Fishman, Staff…
Savannah Sit-In Newspaper Article
Take a trip into archives of the Museum and read a newspaper article from Savannah Morning News, written on March 17, 1960. It records the first sit-in or ('sitdown') protest in Savannah. "Three Negro Students Arrested for Sitdown" (By Harry Murphy…
Wade-In at Savannah Beach
Savannah Beach Wade – In and Arrests Summer of 1960 From the Savannah Tribune, August 20, 1960 On Wednesday afternoon, August 17, twelve members of the Youth Council of the Savannah Branch NAACP participated in a “Wade-In” at Savannah Beach. Eleven…