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Bridge of Lament 2024: Our Second Crossing
New daily writings of remembrance and lament, toward equality and justice in our city
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Lynchburg Votes!
"The fact that the Negro had now reached the stage where he could have a voice in the actual operation of the city’s government...inspired a new…
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Day 16: Rise, Celebrate, and Speak
We step off the bridge, but let us keep striving forward toward what we believe in.
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Day 4: Fort Early
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Day 14: Desegregating Lynchburg's Swimming Pools
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Day 9: The History of Lynchburg's Confederate Monument
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Day 8: Jubal Early and the Lost Cause
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Day 3: Court Street Baptist Church, Part 1
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Day 9: Jubal Early and the Lost Cause, continued
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Day 15: Come Celebrate Liberation Season with Me!
Dr. Anika Prather shares her family's Juneteenth-to-July-4th traditions with us.
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Day 14: Desegregating Lynchburg's Swimming Pools
Bev Cosby, a Moral Compass for Our City: A Tribute from Retired Councilman Randy Nelson
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Day 13: Before You Can Thrive, You Must Survive
And in order to survive, one needs food...
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Day 12: Rest Again
Slowing down to ponder what we've read this week
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Day 11: The Work Is Worth It
A reading and meditation on three poems by Lynchburg poet and activist Anne Spencer (1882-1975)
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Day 10: The Placement of Lynchburg's Confederate Monument
In addition to examining the monument’s historical context, we should consider the significance of its physical placement.
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Day 9: The History of Lynchburg's Confederate Monument
I strongly believe that the statue should be removed. To make that case, I want to contextualize Lynchburg’s Confederate Monument
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Daily readings between Juneteenth and Independence Day to remember, lament, and seek renewal for our city

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