Savannah State University is Georgia's oldest public historically black university. From its inception as the black land grant college in1890, the roots of black activism were a core element of the school's existence. As a young boy, Savannah State's founder Richard R. Wright was asked by General O. O. Howard, ""What he should tell Northerners about the newly freed slaves in the South?"" Wright boldly responded, ""Tell them that we are rising."" Years after this encounter and as the leader of Georgia State Industrial College for Colored Youth, (Savannah State University's forerunner) Wright...
Savannah State University is Georgia's oldest public historically black university. From its inception as the black land grant college in1890, the roo...