Flashback Minis: Savanna Raney

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio– Savanna Raney was born in North Carolina in 1878. She married Grant Raney in 1897, and the couple moved to Philadelphia, PA, and eventually settled in Youngstown.

Raney became a founding member of the Interracial Committee in Youngstown. She is noted for having made many contributions toward improving race relations in the city during her lifetime.

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