![]() ![]() I know all this because I am one of many who was fortunate enough to have known Major Carpenter and one of few to have been on board that fateful night when he made the ultimate sacrifice. In his final moments, Carpenter strained against immense centrifugal force to cut engine power, ultimately laying his life down while saving his crew. Carpenter and his crew to enter a rapid, unrecoverable spin. Army veteran who died at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah)Īpplication submitted by Jon Ternstrom: “During a night operation in an MH-60M helicopter, a tail rotor failure caused Maj. ![]() As a northern newspaper, the Defender had more freedom to denounce issues outright, and its editorial position attacked racial inequities head-on.” In the words of Langston Hughes, Abbott's Defender became the ‘voice of the voiceless.’ It was always Abbott's intent to defend the Black race from social, political, and economic injustice. Yet through hard work and determination, Abbott rose to national prominence as founder and editor of the influential Black newspaper The Chicago Defender. Simons Island in 1868, the son of formerly enslaved parents, Abbott seemed an unlikely challenger to the racist status quo that prevailed in Georgia and throughout the Jim Crow South at the beginning of the 20th century. Application submitted by Martha Keber: “Born into humble circumstances on St.Robert Sengstacke Abbott (founder of the historically Black newspaper The Chicago Defender) Then in August or September, councilmembers will consider the commissions' recommendations, hear public comment and come to a final determination by vote.īelow are edited excerpts from each of the 15 applications, listed in alphabetical order (by last name, if a person) of the proposed namesake: Each will hear public comment and make a recommendation to the Savannah City Council. The public can provide written feedback on the 15 applications (listed at the bottom of this article) by emailing city commissions plan to review the applications over the summer: the Park and Tree Commission in July and the Historic Site and Monument Commission in August. Calhoun's name from the square - on the grounds that he was a staunch supporter of slavery and had no major ties to Savannah - the one-acre square near Forsyth Park has been without a name (and without a sign). Officials this week released a shortlist of 15 potential names for the former Calhoun Square, corresponding to 15 publicly submitted applications which city staff deemed to have met the necessary criteria for consideration.Įver since the Savannah City Council voted last November to remove former Vice President John C. Savannah city leaders will have more than a dozen monikers to choose from when they decide how to rename a historic town square later this year.
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