Susie King Taylor was born to enslaved parents in 1848. She moved to Savannah when she was seven to live with her grandmother, who arranged for her to receive clandestine schooling due to ...

“Susie King Taylor was a very big influencer of teaching folks in the midst of enslavement how to read, write, and count,” Gunn said. A move that drew national attention, hundreds gathered for the ...

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 ...

Savannah’s city council voted Thursday to rename a 170-year-old town square, in an attempt to shed some of its pro-slavery past and honor the Black educator and nurse Susie King Taylor. Calho… ...

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 was a wonderful nurse and teacher,” one student said. “That’s amazing, you see all these other squares named after other people,” another said when asked what it means to have a ...

The Susie King Taylor Museum in Hinesville will display copies of the Emancipation Proclamation as well as General Orders No. 3.

Susie King Taylor, an ex-enslaved person who became an Army nurse for the Union in the Civil War, is the leading candidate.

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's name will replace John C. Calhoun, a former U.S. vice president who was a vocal supporter of slavery in the decades preceding the Civil War. IE 11 is not supported.

The marker will tell the complete story of the square formerly named for U.S. Vice President John Calhoun, an advocate of slavery, and Susie King Taylor, a former slave for whom the square is now ...