Savannahs Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum seeking oral histories
8 August 2012
By Jan Skutch
The Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum is teaming with a social network group to create an oral history website of the struggle and its connection to Savannah.
Stephanie Reaves, with remember.com, said Friday the site, which is already up and running, is redesigning its page and plans to be ready in two weeks.
Reaves, a Savannah native and 2002 graduate of Savannah Country Day School, told a group of the Earl T. Shinhoster Leadership Institute it will “really generate the content around civil rights for future generations.â€
Billy Jamerson, board chair of the museum, said he envisions the website as a full discussion of the experiences of the era to include both black and white voices.
“The role Savannah played (in the civil rights movement) was somewhat unique from other cities because it involved a number of local people, including W.W. Law, Malcolm Maclean, Hosea Williams and Earl Shinhoster, all united to do the right thing.â€
He said students from the 3rd annual Shinhoster institute will be used as conduits to create the history.
ON THE WEB
• Go to savannahnow.com/video to watch Billy Jamerson and Nicolas Williams talk about the civil rights movment.
• To view the site, go to www.remember.com/places/the-ralph-mark-gilbert-museum-georgias-civil-rig...
• Anyone just going to the site to explore/create memories can use www.remember.com
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