Savannah City Council will take up the removal of John C. Calhoun's name from Calhoun Square. It comes after years of work from local activists.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Savannah city council has voted to name the square formerly known as Calhoun Square to Taylor Square. Cheers and hugs filled City Hall Thursday night after a name had been ...

Savannah square to be renamed in honor of Susie King Taylor. ... People stroll through the space formerly known as Calhoun Square in Savannah, Ga., on Aug. 9, 2023. Russ Bynum / AP file.

Savannah Council ignoring laws on Calhoun Square debate Last week the Savannah City Council took an unofficial vote to remove the Calhoun name from the square. There was no discussion of facts ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia’s oldest city, ... A plaque marking the 1851 dedication of Calhoun Square in Savannah, Ga., is shown recessed into a walkway on Nov. 10, 2022.

The oak-shaded square that will bear Taylor's name near the southern edge of Savannah’s downtown historic district had spent 170 years named for John C. Calhoun, a former U.S. vice president ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Leaders of Georgia's oldest city voted Thursday to strip the name of a former U.S. vice president and vocal slavery advocate from the public square named in his honor more than ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Savannah city officials have announced the names that could replace Calhoun Square. This comes ahead of a community meeting about the renaming process Wednesday. Some of the ...

People stroll through the space formerly known as Calhoun Square in Savannah, Ga., on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Russ Bynum) Instead, the nominees are four Black people — a pastor, a ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – It’s a beautiful, quiet square in Savannah named for John C. Calhoun, the seventh vice president of the United States. The problem, according to the Grassroots ...

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. Calhoun ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Leaders of Georgia's oldest city voted Thursday to strip the name of a former U.S. vice president and vocal slavery advocate from the public square named in his honor more than ...