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Jan 18, 2021 It was April 5, 1968, the day after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on the Lorraine Motel balcony in Memphis, when Oscar Robertson, head of the National Basketball Players Association, picked up the phone. Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals between Bill Russell’s Celtics and Wilt Chamberlain’s Sixers was scheduled for that night in Philadelphia. And while there were talks among players on those teams about not playing, the game went on as planned. Still, Robertson wanted to recognize King with a tribute. Some of his contemporaries had met the minister; others...

Athletic director discusses Georgia Southern's evolving place on the college athletics landscape Savannah Morning News Georgia Southern Athletic Director Jared Benko is our latest Difference Maker and discusses managing an athletic department during a pandemic, his plans to do more in Savannah and at the Armstrong campus and the Eagles' place on the college athletics landscape. Find the latest and archived episodes of Difference Makers at SavannahNow.com/podcasts or search "Savannah Difference Makers" on podcast app. Past Difference Makers include outgoing Chatham Commission Chair Al Scott; P...

Effective, humble, wise and perceptive. Those are just a few of the words friends and colleagues use to describe Al Scott. On Friday when the Chatham County Commission holds its first meeting of 2021, Scott won’t be at the helm as chairman for the first time in eight years.  Meeting his term limits for chairman, Scott took aim at Chatham County Tax Commission last year, but lost that bid to Sonya Jackson during the primary election in June. But no matter the position Scott has held over his more than 40 years in public service, his influence at both the state and local levels has been ...

This part of an occasional Savannah Morning News series featuring people making a difference in our community. On the block of 38th and Reynolds Streets sits a home with a huge POD box outside and building materials on the porch. Inside, workers are taping covers down over the newly installed wooden floors on an exceptionally warm day in December.  Lionel Brown, born and raised on the Eastside of Savannah, walks through his childhood home as it goes through renovation. He recalls the room he and his brothers shared and how he is changing the reddish-colored paint on the walls to grey w...

Savannah Morning News Outgoing Chatham Commission Chairman Al Scott is the guest on the latest Difference Makers podcast. The local political legend reflects on a 40-plus-year career in leadership and what he envisions for Savannah's future. Find the latest and archived episodes of Difference Makers at SavannahNow.com/podcasts or search "Savannah Difference Makers" on podcast app. Past Difference Makers include Plant Riverside District developer Richard Kessler; the Creative Coast's Jennifer Bonnett; and convenience store magnate Greg Parker. Difference Makers is presented by the Savannah Eco...