The Enduring Legend of Lunsford Lane

The Enduring Legend of Lunsford Lane

By Ms Jheri Worldwide Staff Writer On a July day in 1865, a hero returned to Raleigh. Lunsford Lane, a man who had purchased his own freedom and fled the state decades earlier, was greeted by jubilant crowds. For the hundreds of newly freed people who came to see him, Lane was more than a man; he was a legend, a symbol of Black resilience and the power of self-determination. Among the onlookers were children who would become giants in their own …