Annie Bell Graham and her husband Elliot settled in the Tremont Park neighborhood in 1941. They raised 12 biological children ...

The First Zion Missionary Baptist Church is now the sixth historic marker in Old Town Bluffton. It originally provided a place of worship for former slaves that would last for generations.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — Pastor Matthew Southall Brown Sr. (1922-2021), an icon in the Savannah community who spent 35 years at the helm of Savannah’s St. John Baptist Church, will be honored ...

A National Historic Landmark, Savannah’s First African Baptist Church is said to be the “oldest continuous African-American congregation in America.” Tickets for tours can be purchased here.

SAVANNAH, Ga. — We were standing in front of the First African Baptist Church in Savannah, a registered historic landmark. It’s home to the oldest continuous Black congregation in the nation ...

Former President Jimmy Carter taught Sunday school at a modest church in his hometown of Plains for more than 40 years. On Jan. 9, it will host a final farewell service for the former president.

TRAVEL 24 hours in Savannah, where people come to visit and end up staying By James Sullivan Globe correspondent, Updated September 26, 2024, 10:00 a.m.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – The First African Baptist Church is holding a walk to commemorate 75 years since the founding of the Greenbriar. Leaders of First African Baptist Church will be joined by ...

DUBLIN, Ga. — Sunday was a rich day for African American history in Dublin, with the ninth annual Martin Luther King Jr. Oratorical Contest. It was open to middle and high school students who ...

The First African Baptist Church in Savannah, Georgia, was founded in 1773 and is one of the first Black run institutions on record in the United States.

The city is home to the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, the First African Baptist Church, Temple Mickve Israel and the Central of Georgia Railway roundhouse complex, the oldest standing ...