#BBCNews - #Georgia renames square after first #Black Civil War nurse
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66623072
#SusieKingTaylor

#SusieKingTaylor is 1st person o color whose name will adorn 1 o #Savannah’s 23 squares. First time in 140 years that it has approved name change 4 one o picturesque, park-like squares that r treasured features of original plan.

“It’s 1 thing 2 make history. It’s something else 2 make sense. In this case, we’re making both,” Savannah Mayor #VanJohnson said. He noted 5 #Black women sit on 9-member city council, something people of Taylor’s era “never would have fathomed”

https://apnews.com/article/savannah-square-renamed-calhoun-slavery-susie-taylor-8acd983fc1175f077c7162400890dc57