White reporters were denied entry, while at least two black reporters and the publisher of a local African-American newspaper were allowed inside, the Savannah Morning News reported. - NBCBLK
Signs posted on the doors of Bolten Street Baptist Church allowing only black reporters to attend a meeting on Savannah's mayoral race in Georgia on March 27, 2019.SAVANNAH, Ga. — Organizers of a meeting to discuss an upcoming mayoral race in Georgia barred reporters from attending — unless they were African-American.
White reporters were denied entry, while at least two black reporters and the publisher of a local African-American newspaper were allowed inside, the Savannah Morning NewsThe newspaper said the Rev. Clarence Teddy Williams, who organized the meeting, declined to discuss the entry policy. Van Johnson, a Savannah city councilman and one of three black mayoral candidates to have announced campaigns so far, attended the Wednesday meeting at Bolton Street Baptist Church. Johnson said afterward he relayed"my vision for an inclusive Savannah, a progressive Savannah."about only black reporters being allowed inside, Johnson said:"It's not my meeting. Again, I was asked to come give a statement, and so I came and I gave a statement.
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