Photography Exhibition Documents 100 Pastors' Rally in Brunswick

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Photography Exhibition Documents 100 Pastors' Rally in Brunswick 

The exhibition features 32 photos taken by Savannah State University students  

and a faculty member 


Savannah State University's Department of Journalism and Mass Communications will unveil a photography exhibition of 32 images taken during the Ahmaud Arbery state trial in Brunswick, Georgia.  The event will be held Saturday, April 2, 2022, at 1 p.m. in Whiting Hall on the Savannah State University campus.  


The exhibition consists of photos shot outside the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Georgia, during the historic 100 Pastors' Rally supporting the Arbery Family on November 18, 2021. 

 

Mass Communications students Kaleel Akins, Damien Bryant, Beyoncé Gordon, Alonzo Mckinney, and instructor Jason Miccolo Johnson shot the bulk of the 32 photos in the exhibition.  Johnson, an award-winning photographer and SSU instructor, organized the trip to Brunswick 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 Jason Johnson at johnsonjm@savannahstate.edu 










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