#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”