We Are Bridges: A Memoir

"In 1904, Burt Bridges was expecting his first child. He was a successful shop owner with big dreams. For refusing to surrender his store and “sell” his land to the white mayor of Holmesville, Miss., Bridges was lynched. He is author Cassandra Lane’s great-grandfather, and We Are Bridges resurrects his memory. With deep reverberations for today, Lane offers her own memoir, as well as an American history lesson to the child she carries in utero at the beginning of the book. In doing so, she honors her elders’ admonition that “not telling the whole truth is a lie.”"