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Tybee Island east of Savannah has grappled with the April beach party known as Orange Crush since students at Savannah State University, a historically Black school, started it more than 30 years ago.
Despite efforts to obtain permits from promoters of previous Orange Crush events, no permits were approved, and Tybee Island officials have set up restrictive access to the beach between April 16 ...
A worker places a section of metal barricade along a main road on Tybee Island, Ga., on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, a few days ahead of the weekend beach party known as Orange Crush.
Tybee Island was formerly home to "Orange Crush," an annual beach party attracting thousands of students from historically Black colleges and universities. The 2019 event was canceled after an organizer was arrested, and future events were moved to Jacksonville Beach, Florida , with organizers citing "lack of resources, limited parking, civil ...
Although the official trademarked Orange Crush festival moved to Jacksonville in 2021, Orange Crush originated on Tybee Island in 1988 and has been an annual event attended primarily by Black ...
Seeing possible profits from the use of slave labor, Georgia's planters overruled Oglethorpe's wishes and in 1749 repealed the anti-slavery provision and passed legislation to allow slavery in the colony of Georgia. [3] In the legislation, the erection of a lazaretto, or quarantine station, was ordered to be built on Tybee Island.
CSS Georgia (ironclad) February 10, 1987 : At the bottom of the Savannah River Savannah: 14: Cuyler-Brownville Historic District ... Tybee Island Back River Historic ...
Tybee Island’s largest unpermitted event may face new hurdles this year as the Georgia Senate passes a bill that would hold organizers liable for costs.