“Black Press Only”: White Media Turned Away From Black Mayoral Event At Georgia Baptist Church

The signs were clear to everyone, posted as they were on the front door of the Bolton Street Baptist Church in Savannah, GA on Wednesday. Their message? "Black Press Only."

Savannah, dubbed the "Hostess of the South" for its well-known hospitality and its integrated and racially diverse community, is now, in the words of its current white mayor, Eddie DeLoach, "a national embarrassment."