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Grass Root Poetry
| "Old Savannah" by Rhoda Walker |
| It was filled with the distinct stench of factory air covered with yams, hams, greens, beans, fried chicken and other succulent things. Sundays stirred our souls as sisters shouted with the Holy Ghost like ancient Africans of the west coast. The preaching was loud and strong, the church hours long. We joyfully stomped and clapped to soulful gospel songs. There were miles of red clay beneath our fast feet on most streets. Corner store penny cookies, nickel pickles and Ms. Lula Mae’s homemade frozen trills were our after school treats. No one ever stayed inside. After chores we had jump rope, hop scotch, scooters, skates, and bikes to ride. There was little we enjoyed more than the bounty from the beach shore. In the marsh we trapped crabs, as many as our nets could grab. |
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| From the salty wet ground and muddy mounds we found oysters by the pound. We nearly exploded eating melons down to the rhines, peaches, plums and scuppenongs, folks called scorpinines in the good ole Savannah summer time. There were slow Captain Sam Riverboat rides down Daufuski way where people relaxed and partied all day. Nothing could match these festive times when cheerful adults did dine on deviled crabs in the shell and sweet Island fruit wine. Those early urban simple sounds and scents are what I miss most of all. Roosters crowing, chopped wood and dead leaves burning in the crisp, cool fall. I’ve truly lost my heart and mind in a most exquisite, unspoiled time I shall woefully never again find. Old Savannah... |
1. How many frogs go in frogmore stew?
a. Four
b. One
c. None
2. What was Georgia’s first capital?
a. Augusta
b. Savannah
c. Atlanta
3. How did past southerners use red clay?
a. They threw it at cheating husbands.
b. They made mediums of exchange.
c. They ate it for good health.
4. What was the first Black Baptist
Church
in North America?
a. Silver Bluff Baptist Church
b. First African Baptist Church
c. First Bryan Baptist Church
5. What did the colonists drink initially?
a. Ice tea
b. Bear
c. Water
6. What mayor of Savannah graduated
from historic Beach High School?
a. Floyd Adams
b. Susan Weiner
c. Otis Johnson
7. What was Savannah’s first square?
a. Johnson Square
b. Elbert Square
c. Greene Square
8. Bolita was a...
a. Puerto Rican ball game
b. Numbers game replaced by GA Lottery
c. Mexican bean dish
9. Gen. Sherman visited 2nd African
Baptist
a. To become the new pastor
b. To establish slave reparations
c. To recruit soldiers for an Indian War
10. Why did the Republicans end slavery?
a. To create a morel society
b. The slaves kept running away
c. More $$ with new industrial capitalism
a. Four
b. One
c. None
2. What was Georgia’s first capital?
a. Augusta
b. Savannah
c. Atlanta
3. How did past southerners use red clay?
a. They threw it at cheating husbands.
b. They made mediums of exchange.
c. They ate it for good health.
4. What was the first Black Baptist
Church
in North America?
a. Silver Bluff Baptist Church
b. First African Baptist Church
c. First Bryan Baptist Church
5. What did the colonists drink initially?
a. Ice tea
b. Bear
c. Water
6. What mayor of Savannah graduated
from historic Beach High School?
a. Floyd Adams
b. Susan Weiner
c. Otis Johnson
7. What was Savannah’s first square?
a. Johnson Square
b. Elbert Square
c. Greene Square
8. Bolita was a...
a. Puerto Rican ball game
b. Numbers game replaced by GA Lottery
c. Mexican bean dish
9. Gen. Sherman visited 2nd African
Baptist
a. To become the new pastor
b. To establish slave reparations
c. To recruit soldiers for an Indian War
10. Why did the Republicans end slavery?
a. To create a morel society
b. The slaves kept running away
c. More $$ with new industrial capitalism
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