Savannah Children’s Choir To Hold Auditions

By Savannah Tribune | August 08, 2018

Savannah Children’s Choir will be holding Fall Auditions on Monday, August 20 at 5pm-7pm at Savannah Arts Academy, 500 Washington Ave. The Savannah Children’s Choir is looking for children who love to sing, perform, meet new friends, and in some cases, travel. The SCC is entering its 13th season on the heels of a successful tour of France.Children in grades … Continue reading “Savannah Children’s Choir To Hold Auditions”

Jazmieka Smith Receives Promotion

By Savannah Tribune | August 08, 2018

We, the family of Jazmieka Smith, are pleased to announce that Jazmieka, current Rail Operations Analyst, has been promoted to Senior Analyst Strategy/ Kaizen on the TLS Marine and Export Team at Toyota Motor North America in Dallas, TX. Jazmieka has a wide breadth of logistics experience including two (2) years with Logistics Control at TEMA prior to her time … Continue reading “Jazmieka Smith Receives Promotion”

191 Year Celebration of The Black Press

By Savannah Tribune | August 08, 2018

In recognition of the 191-Year Celebration of the Black Press in America, we will acknowledge those persons and organizations locally who have been integral in promoting and sustaining the Black Press over the years. Included are the founders of the The Savannah Tribune, John H. Deveaux, Louis B. Toomer, Sr., and Louis M. Pleasant; founder of the Chicago Defender, the … Continue reading “191 Year Celebration of The Black Press”

Lecture by Noted Artist and Actor Implores Us to Remember Our Past

By Savannah Tribune | August 08, 2018

Atlanta-based mixed media artist and actor Masud Ashley Olufani is the featured speaker for the 2018 Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Lecture at Telfair Museums. The artist will explain his work Blocked: A Global Healing Project at 6pm on September 13 at the Jepson Center. Blocked: A Global Healing Project is a multidisciplinary presentation inspired by forgotten enslaved people who were … Continue reading “Lecture by Noted Artist and Actor Implores Us to Remember Our Past”

Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb

By Savannah Tribune | August 08, 2018

Coming of age in the racially polarized late 1960s and early 1970s, I distained many of the portrayals of blacks that I saw on the nightly television news and in stories in the local newspaper. By the time I left high school I knew I wanted to be a newspaper journalist. I wanted to make a difference in how African … Continue reading “Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb”

“Coming Full Circle” – Wanda Lloyd

By Savannah Tribune | August 08, 2018

My journey in journalism began when I was a student at Beach High School when a teacher, Mrs. Ella P. Law, saw talent in me not just as a writer, but as a student leader who produced the Beach Beacon. She observed me helping fellow students with their stories and she appointed me as editor of the newspaper when I … Continue reading ““Coming Full Circle” – Wanda Lloyd”

Finding My Niche – Verdelle Lambert

By Savannah Tribune | August 08, 2018

I have always had an interest in writing. In elementary school, another student and I teamed up to write a limerick for an in-class assignment but we could not come up with the last line (limericks have five lines to a stanza): “A country cow came to the city and tried to act quite siditty. She laughed and she screamed … Continue reading “Finding My Niche – Verdelle Lambert”

Vaughnette Goode-Walker

By Savannah Tribune | August 08, 2018

My Journalism career began as a Poet, with a Poetry Corner published in the Savannah Tribune, while at Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia. My personal goals and objectives were simple, still a Poet at heart, I wanted a job where I could write all day! In my 30 year career as a Journalist I never filled out a job … Continue reading “Vaughnette Goode-Walker”

The Sengstackes – A Savannah Lineage To The Black Press

By Savannah Tribune | August 08, 2018

Robert Sengstacke Abbott and his nephew, John H. Sengstacke, were pioneers and newspaper publishers who became giant legacies of The Black Press. Robert Sengstack Abbott was born on St. Simons Island, GA, and his nephew, John H. Sengstacke, was a native Savannahian. Robert’s mother, Flora Abbott , was widowed when she married John Sengstacke, a Congregationalist missionary. John founded the … Continue reading “The Sengstackes – A Savannah Lineage To The Black Press”

The Savannah Tribune: A Legacy of Leadership

By Savannah Tribune | August 08, 2018

Louis B. Toomer, Sr. and Louis M. Pleasant were co-founders.along with John H. Deveaux.of The Colored Tribune. in 1875. .The name was changed to The Savannah Tribune in 1876.. These business leaders recognized the need for a newspaper dedicated to being the voice of the African American community. Images of Louis B. Toomer, Sr. and Louis M. .Pleasant were not … Continue reading “The Savannah Tribune: A Legacy of Leadership”