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04.11.2024 Atrium Health News Atrium Health Pineville and Aurora Medical Center – Grafton on inaugural list highlighting Black Maternal Health Week 2024 CHARLOTTE, N.C. – April 11, 2024 – Two Advocate Health hospitals have been recognized for their efforts in supporting Black maternal health by
Extraordinary career Among her many accomplishments as a teacher, lawyer, professor of law and scholar specializing in human rights and anti-racist education, Thornhill is also a member of the Quebec and Nova Scotia bar associations and holds several degrees, including an LLB in civil law from the Université du Québec à Montréal. In 1992, she […]
RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press 2 days ago People stroll through the space formerly known as Calhoun Square in Savannah, Ga., on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. Savannah’s city council voted in November 2022 to remove from the square the name of former U.S. Vice President John C. Calhoun, an outspoken advocate for slavery in the decades […]
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia’s oldest city, steeped in history predating the American Revolution, made a historic break with its slavery-era past Thursday as Savannah’s city council voted to rename a downtown square in honor of a Black woman who taught formerly enslaved people to read and write. Susie King Taylor is the first person […]
SAVANNAH — Nine months after leaders of Georgia’s oldest city stripped the name of a pro-slavery U.S. vice president from one of its public squares, nominees being considered for the green space’s new name include a Black woman who taught formerly enslaved people to read and write. Susie King Taylor, who started a school for […]
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Nine months after leaders of Georgia’s oldest city stripped the name of a pro-slavery U.S. vice president from one of its public squares, nominees being considered for the green space’s new name include a Black woman who taught formerly enslaved people to read and write. Susie King Taylor, who started a […]
People stroll through the space formerly known as Calhoun Square in Savannah, Ga., on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. Savannah’s city council voted in November 2022 to remove from the square the name of former U.S. Vice President John C. Calhoun, an outspoken advocate for slavery in the decades before the Civil War. As the city […]
People stroll through the space formerly known as Calhoun Square in Savannah, Ga., on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. Savannah’s city council voted in November 2022 to remove from the square the name of former U.S. Vice President John C. Calhoun, an outspoken advocate for slavery in the decades before the Civil War. As the city […]
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — photos time-released to move at 12:01 a.m. Saturday RPRB101-102. Nine months after leaders of Georgia’s oldest city stripped the name of a pro-slavery U.S. vice president from one of its public squares, nominees being considered for the green space’s new name include a Black woman who taught formerly enslaved people to […]
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — photos time-released to move at 12:01 a.m. Saturday RPRB101-102. Nine months after leaders of Georgia’s oldest city stripped the name of a pro-slavery U.S. vice president from one of its public squares, nominees being considered for the green space’s new name include a Black woman who taught formerly enslaved people to […]