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URL:https://www.georgiahistory.com/events/historical-marker-dedication-rev
 -dr-ralph-mark-gilbert-1899-1956/
SUMMARY:Historical Marker Dedication: Rev. Dr. Ralph Mark Gilbert (1899-195
 6)
DESCRIPTION:The Georgia Historical Society will hold a dedication for a new
  historical marker for Rev. Dr. Ralph Mark Gilbert (1899-1956).\n\nThe ded
 ication will take place on Wednesday\, June 18\, 2025\, at 11:00 a.m.\, at
  the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum\, 460 Martin Luther King\, J
 r. Blvd.\, in Savannah\, Georgia.\n\nThe event is open to the public. Park
 ing can be found onsite\, and there is additional street parking in the ar
 ea.\n\nThe historical marker reads:\nRev. Dr. Ralph Mark Gilbert (1899-195
 6)\n“Father of the Civil Rights Movement in Savannah”\nIn 1942\, Rev. 
 Dr. Ralph Mark Gilbert\, thirteenth pastor of First African Baptist Church
 \, revived the Savannah branch and founded the Georgia Conference of the N
 ational Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) serving 
 as president for both organizations. Gilbert formed the Savannah-based NAA
 CP Youth Council and with his wife\, Eloria Gilbert\, established over 40 
 NAACP chapters in Georgia. When Rev. Primus King of Columbus successfully 
 challenged and ended Georgia’s Whites-only primaries in 1946\, the Georg
 ia Conference under Gilbert’s leadership used its network to boost Black
  voter registration. White backlash connected to political campaigns promp
 ted Gilbert to turn his attention to local Savannah politics and eventuall
 y step away from the NAACP state and local leadership by 1950. Gilbert’s
  successor\, Westley Wallace (W.W.) Law\, founded the Ralph Mark Gilbert C
 ivil Rights Museum (1996) in his honor.\nErected by the Georgia Historical
  Society and the Savannah Branch of the NAACP
CATEGORIES:Events,Historical Markers
LOCATION:Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum\, 460 Martin Luther King\, 
 Jr. Blvd.\, Savannah\, GA\, 31401\, United States
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