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Savannah
State University students outside the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick,
Georgia at the historic Ahmaud Arbery trial and Pastors’ Rally on November 18,
2021. From left: Professor Vicki Brown, Beyoncé Gordon, Calypso Silvey,
Myles Jenkins, Danielle Kiser, Jayden Moore, Kiara Morris, Brooklyn Clay,
Reanna Haynes, Francisco Arraut, Alonzo McKinney, Eden Turner, Vernon Bell,
Kalel X. Akins, Justice Stanley, JaMichael Baldwin, and Damien Bryant. Photo
credit: SSU Instructor Jason Miccolo Johnson.
Savannah
State University's Department of Journalism and Mass Communications will unveil
a photography exhibition featuring a collection of photographs captured during
the historic Ahmaud Arbery state trial in Brunswick, Georgia at a special event
to be held Saturday, April 2. Free and open to the public, the event will take
place at 1 p.m. in Whiting Hall on the campus of the university, 3219 College
St. The exhibition consists of 32 photographs taken outside the Glynn County
Courthouse during the 100 Pastors' Rally in support of the Arbery family on
November 18, 2021.
Mass Communications students Kalel Akins, Damien Bryant, Beyoncé Gordon, Alonzo McKinney, and instructor Jason Miccolo Johnson captured the images featured in the exhibition. Johnson, an award-winning photographer and SSU instructor, organized the field trip as part of his African Americans in the Media class.
Highlights of the exhibition include members of the Arbery family, local and national pastors, Rev. Al Sharpton, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Martin Luther King, III, and numerous supporters from across the country. A brief program about the significance of the 100 Pastors' Rally will follow the exhibition unveiling.
For
more information about the photo exhibition, contact Johnson at johnsonjm@savannahstate.edu