We Are Bridges : A Memoir LOWER GRADE goaded by the activism of

goaded by the activism of Frederick Douglass and many others

Their stories are told on street corners and in back alleys

it is a difficult subject to talk about

remind us that blackness and brownness tell an ongoing story

We Are Bridges : A Memoir LOWER GRADE goaded by the activism ofThis lyrical memoir of late motherhood reconstructs the lost history of a Black American family, defying erasure, intergenerational trauma, and racist violence. "In this evocative memoir, Cassandra Lane deftly uses the act of imagination to reclaim her ancestors story as a backdrop for telling her own. The tradition of Black womens storytelling leaps forward within these pagesinto fresh, daring, and excitingly new territory." Bridgett M. Davis, author