Bridgette Smith-Lawson watched in awe as engineers with cranes hoisted the stone obelisk from the tip of the Jaybird-Woodpecker Monument and dismantled a symbol of white supremacy that stood for 125 years beside Richmond City Hall. It was an emotional moment for the first Black woman elected as Fort Bend…
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