Virgil Bryson was a free Black man who helped register voters in Jackson County after the Civil War in 1868. He was threatened by the early version of the KKK and supported by the Freedman’s Bureau. Although much about Bryson remains unknown, BPR talked with local historians and community members about his story – and what we can learn from him today. Ellerna Bryson Forney is a native of Jackson County, who is now 58. She has looked deeply into her family history, but she’d never heard of Virgil