Historical markers dedicated to Black Georgians have come under fire, culminating last week in the shooting of a marker for baseball legend Jackie Robinson in his hometown of Cairo, Georgia.

The defaced Georgia Historical Society marker honoring 1918 lynching victim Mary Turner will find a long-term home at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights. Log In. Log In.

Over 62 years after the events in Aug. 1960, the students who participated in the Tybee wade-ins were honored with a Georgia Historical Society marker.

Proving once more they’re the biggest snowflakes of the bunch, a group of unknown vandals repeatedly shot two historical markers in Georgia dedicated to Jackie Robinson and victims of lynching ...

There are over 2,300 historical markers in Georgia, a few dozen of which belong to the state’s Civil Rights Trail, devoted to events and locations that impacted the Civil Rights movement. Two of ...

Wednesday, a Savannah civil rights icon is getting a much deserved recognition. Reverend Dr. Ralph Mark Gilbert is considered the father of the Savannah Civil Rights Movement. SEE: Ralph Mark Gilbert ...

A civil war marker in commemoration of the Battle of Atlanta is unveiled as Georgia Historical Society board member Bill Todd, left, looks on during a ceremony Monday, April 11, 2011 in Atlanta.

Capps relayed that the historical markers in Georgia used to be managed by the state but were eventually handed over to GHS. A marker can only be generated based on primary source documentation.

A marker in Grady County noting the birthplace of baseball legend and Civil Rights icon Jackie Robinson has been vandalized, the Georgia Historical Society said. Skip Navigation.

Oscar Carter and Sarah Young purchased the house in 1944 in then-segregated Marietta. Two Marietta, Georgia, historic preservation groups have recently placed a historic marker on a Black-owned ...

A Georgia historical marker at the spot of a gruesome lynching has been removed after a new round of vandalism, officials said. The removal of the Mary Turner and the Lynching Rampage marker last ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A century after its founding, Booker T. Washington High School now has an official marker celebrating its importance in Georgia’s civil rights history. On ...