- [PDF]
BridgeBuilders
WEBWhen Charlottesville’s West Main Street Bridge adjacent to the Amtrak Railroad Station was redesigned in 1998, the City Council proposed naming it for Drewary J. Brown, a beloved and longtime civil rights leader who was in the last stage of his life.
Charlottesville Bridge Builders | Bridge Builders
WEBDREWARY J. BROWN. Drewary Brown was an inspirational civil rights leader in Charlottesville from the 1960s until his death in 1998.
Drewary J. Brown: Working for a Better Day - Virginia Film Festival
WEBThis hour-long documentary from 1999 captures Drewary Brown in the last years of his life, and includes rare interview footage with many of the key figures of the civil rights struggle in central Virginia.
JMRL Find It | Bridge builders, Charlottesville, VA. 2001-2016
WEB"Drewary J. Brown was a Charlottesville community leader who worked across racial and economic barriers to create opportunity for all within the community. The Bridge Builders are honored because they exemplified Drewary's spirit in their own lifetimes building bridges between people to im...
Working for a Better Day: The Drewary Brown Story
WEBJun 13, 2019 · Charlottesville Unity Days Event: Save the Date! Film Followed by Panel of Charlottesville Bridge Builders and Book LaunchLighthouse Studio at Vinegar HillThursday July 25, 7:00p.m. (doors open at 6:30)This event, sponsored by Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society, Lighthouse Studios, Virginia Humanities and Preservation Piedmont is part of the Unity Days celebration in the City of ...
Drewary J. Brown Bridge - Cvillepedia
WEBDrewary J. Brown Bridge. Drewary J. Brown Bridge carries vehicular, bike and pedestrian traffic over the railroad on West Main Street. Plaques carrying the names of community "bridge-builders" are affixed to railings on both sides of the structure.
From Porch Swings to Patios
WEBInterview of Drewary Brown on December 16, 1980. Because of taping equipment error, the information in the Drewary Brown interview is that which was recollected by the interviewer in her notes. Brown's father was lynched when the boy was three months old, and his mother died also when he was young.
Drewary Brown - Loper
WEB"Brown, a founder of the Monticello Area Community Action Agency and president of the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in the 1960s, died Monday at the University of Virginia Medical Center.
The Grove - Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce
WEBDrewary Brown - 1989 Among Virginia's most important Civil Rights leaders, Drewary, with his unique personality, built bridges between blacks and whites, poor and affluent across many generations.
Drewary J. Brown: Working for a Better Day on Vimeo
WEBJun 4, 2021 · Drewary J. Brown was a legendary figure in the struggle for racial justice in central Virginia. As a young man, Mr. Brown lived a rough and tumble life on the streets…
- Some results have been removed