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A Black author takes a new look at Georgia’s white founder and his failed attempt to ban slavery

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Michael Thurmond ...
The Hill

A picturesque Georgia island with a violent history of racial injustice

St. Simons Island, off the coast of Georgia, is a paradise of beaches, golf courses, tennis courts, swimming pools and nature trails. Roads pass beneath live oak-tree canopies, draped with Spanish ...
Richmond

Georgia official boots slave art

Murals of slaves harvesting sugar cane on a Georgia plantation and picking and ginning cotton were ordered off the walls of a state building by a new agriculture commissioner. The murals are part of a ...
News Tribune

Black author takes new look at Georgia’s white founder and his failed attempt to ban slavery

Oglethorpe led the expedition that established Georgia as the last of Britain's 13 American colonies in February 1733. Thurmond, a history aficionado and the only Black member of a Georgia delegation ...