SCAD Tours: Vitalizing Black History in Savannah's Communities

Explore Savannah culture during a comprehensive bus tour spotlighting historically crucial sites. While navigating significant civil rights locations, survey SCAD’s preservation efforts surrounding Black history including verdant infrastructure and major contemporary restoration initiatives. Each stop on the tour centers on visionary Black voices essential to Savannah’s past, present, and future.

Tours are offered at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. and last approximately two hours.

For special accommodations, email [email protected] 48 hours in advance of the event.

1963 photo of Hosea Williams, leader of the Savannah NAACP’s political unit — the Chatham County Crusade for Voters — who led noontime protest rallies in Wright Square, often addressing the crowd from Tomochichi’s Boulder. Courtesy of the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum.

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