As Roanoke plans major upgrades to Washington Park, tensions linger over the city's history of urban planning in majority Black neighborhoods.

In recent years, a group of churchgoers has been tending to the cemetery, a "gaping wound" of Roanoke's urban renewal history.

The bible study sessions, organizers say, are but a small step in overcoming generations of institutionalized segregation in Roanoke.

Recently uncovered history — in part brought to light by The Rambler — reveals William Lavender was more likely hanged near the Wasena Bridge.

Few places in Virginia have gone through the process of acknowledging their lynchings through the Equal Justice Initiative.