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SEDA, Gulfstream & The Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport Celebrate
Aviation Industry In Savannah Region
T oday, the Sa
vannah Eco
nomic Devel
opment Authority (SEDA),
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.
and the Savannah/Hilton Head
International Airport celebrat
ed the aviation industry. The
celebration included the an
nouncement that Gulfstream
has selected Chatham County
for expansions that will bring
1,600 new jobs and SI50 mil
lion in capital investment. The
projects include the construc
tion of a new Gulfstream Cus
tomer Support service center
and the expansion of Gulfst-
ream’s manufacturing facili
ty for the Gulfstream G400,
Gulfstream G500 and Gulfst
ream G600 aircraft.
“Since joining the
Savannah community in 1967,
Gulfstream has set itself apart
as a leader in the aviation in
dustry while creating thou
sands of jobs for hardworking
Georgians,” said Governor
Gulfstream G800 | Inset: Jay Neely, Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. Vice President of Law & Public Affairs
Brian Kemp. “This announce
ment is further evidence of
their valued partnership with
our state. Gulfstream engages
with our technical college sys
tem and local schools to create
opportunity while also partici
pating in programs like Geor
gia Made and attracting top-tier
suppliers to the region. I look
forward to many more decades
of partnership and success for
Gulfstream in Savannah.”
“We are excited to
announce the latest develop
ment in Gulfstream’s support
of the growing demand for our
next-generation fleet around
the world,” said Mark Bums,
president, Gulfstream. “Con
tinued investments in state-
of-the-art products, modem
customer support facilities and
our communities sets Gulfst
ream apart in our industry, and
we are grateful to our partners
at the Savannah/Hilton Head
airport, the Savannah Eco
nomic Development Authority
and the Georgia Department
of Economic Development,
among others, for their support
for our growth in the region.”
Gulfstream flew the
first purpose-built business air
craft in 1958 and relocated to
Savannah in 1967. Today more
than 3,000 aircraft are in ser
vice around the world.
Continued on Page 4
The Savannah Tribune Celebrates The Life of
Mrs. Eloria Sherman Gilbert
Submitted by Earthell Wittlmger
Wife of civil rights and competed in the 1937 New
leader and fonner pastor of
First African Baptist Church,
Rev. Ralph Mark Gilbert has
passed. Surrounded by family
and friends, Mrs. Eloria Sher
man Gilbert passed away on
March, 28, 2023 at Lenox Hill
Hospital in Manhattan, New
York.
Eloria Sherman Gil
bert was bom in Washington
County, Georgia to Deacon
James and Rose Sherman. Her
family moved to Manhattan
(Harlem), New York in 1922.
She became a member of the
Union Baptist Church where
she accepted Jesus as her Lord
and Savior and became a life
long Christian worker.
Mrs. Gilbert received
her education from the New
York Public School Educa
tion System. She also attended
New York City College Bibli
cal Theological Seminary. She
received youth oratory training
York State Colored Baptist
Convention Oratory Competi
tion and won first place. Mrs.
Gilbert met the Rev. Ralph
Mark Gilbert while he was on
a visit to New York City as a
guest speaker. The couple
married at First African Baptist
(FAB) Church where Rev. Gil
bert was pastoring on October
22, 1945. Blessed with five
children from Rev. Gilbert’s
previous marriage, they later
adopted a son.
Mrs. Gilbert con
tinued her oratory training as
the First Lady of First African
Baptist Church. She organized
the Baptist Youth Fellowship,
a youth service ministry that
ministered at the jail; spon
sored youth from other church
es for Ms. Youth and raised
funds for FAB’s first bus. She
was advisor to the deaconess,
and a member of the Georgia
Ministers Wives while serving
Mrs. Eloria Sherman
Gilbert
her family, community, and
joined her husband Dr. Ralph
Mark Gilbert in advocating for
civil rights for Negroes in the
South.
Eloria Sherman Gil
bert never imagined that she
would be cited in books like
Southern Black Women In The
Modem Civil Rights Move
ment for being one of the
courageous “...women whose
work against discrimination
and injustice helped sway the
civil rights movement and
had as much of an impact in
changing race-relations and
how blacks were treated in the
South as did their male coun
terparts.”
Stephen G. N. Tuck
said in his book The Stmggle
For Racial Equality In Geor
gia, 1940-1980 that “Eloria
Sherman Gilbert shared the
workload of her late husband
Dr. Ralph Mark Gilbert and
established a reputation as an
orator and organizer in her own
right”.
Continued on Page 9
Republicans Feeling Heat In Tennessee as Councils Poised To
Re-Seat Ousted Legislators
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia
Justin Pearson Justin Jones
Ousted Tennessee
Democratic State legislators
Justin Jones and Justin Pear
son appear headed for re-ap-
pointment to their seats by the
local councils in their constit
uencies. Nashville’s metro
council plans a vote today that
could send Jones back to his
seat, while the Shelby County
commission expects to take up
a motion on Wednesday that
would return Pearson.
The expulsion of
the two Democrats followed
them vociferously calling on
their colleagues to act on gun
control after the latest school
shooting in Nashville that
claimed the lives of three el
ementary school students and
three adults. The backlash has
been palpable, and even some
Republicans have expressed
regret for the actions of party
members and House Speaker
Cameron Sexton, who led the
vote to oust Jones and Pearson.
“If my job, along
with other members of the
R.N.C., is to protect the brand
of the Republican Party, this
didn’t help,” Oscar Brock, a
Republican National Commit
teeman from Tennessee, told
the New York Times. “You’ve
energized young voters against
us. Worse than squandering
support, you’ve made ene
mies where we didn’t need
them.” He continued: “Even
in Tennessee, we have swing
districts in the State House and
Senate, and if you’ve angered
tens of thousands of students
and presumably their parents,
you could theoretically expose
yourself to a united front,”
Brock demanded.
Rev. Mark Thomp
son, the host of Make it Plain
and an NNPA contributor, re
turned to Tennessee on Monday
for the vote to re-seat Jones, his
longtime friend. On NNPA’s
Let It Be Known, Thompson
stated, “My understanding is
that the Nashville National City
Council will re-seat Jones, and
I believe the Memphis Council
will meet later in the week to
discuss Pearson.”
Thompson noted that
most, if not all, flights to Nash
ville have been sold out, sig
naling the large demonstrations
ahead. “This isn’t going away,”
Thompson asserted. “This is a
movement.
Continued on Page 9
Where Are We Going As A
Country?
Joseph H. Silver, Sr., President Silver & Associates
This past week, I
took my four grand boys on a
spring break trip. We traveled
out of the country to give them
that experience and to spend
quality time together. During
the trip, we talked about their
feelings about school, com
munity, and family. We talked
about blessings, love, and sup
port for each other. We talked
about privilege and suffering.
We talked about how precious
life and freedom are. Each day
I watched the news feed from
the United States of America,
and I constantly asked my
self “where are we going as a
country?” This is not meant to
be a political statement. Rath
er, I am hoping that those who
choose to read this article will
ask themselves the same ques
tion. So this is not really an
article per se. It is a set of rhe
torical questions for those who
love democracy to consider.
Where are we going
as a country when two Black
and one white legislators speak
out against the killing of chil
dren, men, and women in
Nashville, Tennessee and the
two Black legislators are ex
pelled from holding office and
the white legislator is not ex
pelled? Why should they have
been expelled in the first place?
Even the white legislator who
stood with the two Black legis
lators said the only reason she
was not expelled was because
she was white.
Where are we going
as a country when a jury in
Texas convicted a person who
murdered a protester, and be
fore the ink is dry on the paper
announcing the verdict, the
governor of Texas said he will
issue a complete pardon? Note
that this statement was made
before the convicted murderer
or his lawyer even asked for a
pardon.
Where are we going
as a country when a former
president can be indicted for
a series of felonies and have
several other criminal inves
tigations going on for which
he could be indicted, and folk
Dr. Joseph Silver, Sr.
around the country say that we
should overlook his criminal
behavior because he is a fonner
President? His supporters say
the indictments are political.
If it were your son or daughter
who were victims, would you
feel the same? If it were your
son or daughter, would these
same folk take the same posi
tion oflooking the other way?
Where are we going
as a country when a ten-year
old in Ohio can be raped and
impregnated and the state law
and courts say she has to keep
the baby? Yet, folk around the
country are silent on this trag
edy. If it were your daughter or
granddaughter, would you feel
the same?
Where are we go
ing as a country when little
children can be shot with an
AR-15 assault rifle and folk
say this is acceptable because
of the second amendment? If
it were your daughter or son,
would you feel the same?
Where are we going
as a country when the right to
vote is being suppressed? Is
this ok in a country that says it
is a democracy?
Where are we going
as a country when books can
be banned for telling the truth
about discrimination in Amer
ica?
Continued on Page 11
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