*Content warning: book banning, rape, sexual abuse, domestic violence, police brutality, racism, segregation, lynching, and murder.

Cassandra Lane is an award-winning author, journalist, artist, and speaker. Her beautiful memoir, We Are Bridges, is a labor of love born from generational trauma, as well as years of healing (and honing her craft). We are honored that Cassandra was willing to speak with us about what came next after her great-grandfather’s lynching in the early 1900’s, and how she was left healing her family’s residual trauma upon her entrance to motherhood.

We Are Bridges by Cassandra Lane

https://amzn.to/3s0XJLJ

Cassandra on Instgram

http://www.instagram.com/cassandra.lane71

History of Lynchings in America

https://naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/history-lynching-america

Billie Holiday's Strange Fruit

https://youtu.be/Web007rzSOI

LA Parent Magazine

https://www.laparent.com/

PEN America: Book Bans

https://pen.org/issue/book-bans/

Additional resources:

http://www.somethingwaswrong.com/resources

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