For the second year in a row, Tybeeans and locals celebrated Lazaretto Day on Saturday, a day of remembrance of the history of enslaved Africans brought to this part of Georgia’s coast. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What’s in a name? What’s in a name that is but a whisper? March 25 was Lazaretto Day on Tybee Island. Close to 200 people gathered ...

This commentary was written by Julia Pearce, co-founder and coordinator of the Tybee MLK Human Rights Organization. The little-known third verse of the Francis Scott Key's "The Star-Spangled Banner" ...

In the 12,000-square-mile stretch of coastal North Carolina to Florida that is the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor lies pieces of Gullah history within the Tybee Island Black History Trail.

TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. (WTOC) - The UN marked Friday as an International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Members from Tybee Island’s MLK Human Rights Organization came ...

TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. (WTOC) - After the City of Tybee Island passed the race and equity resolution last summer, various organizations have been working together to preserve the island’s Black history.

What’s in a name? What’s in a name that is but a whisper? March 25 was Lazaretto Day on Tybee Island. Close to 200 people gathered in Battery Park overlooking the Cockspur Lighthouse and Fort Pulaski.