Less than 10 minutes into discussions at a recent forum to help the city decide how to memorialize Lumpkin’s Jail in Shockoe Bottom, the moderator feels compelled to intervene. Talk has already strayed to the long-simmering but mostly dormant ballpark debate. “When we talk about tonight, we’re talking about the Lumpkin’s site,” said Joy Bailey Bryant, a consultant the city brought in to help run the forums. “As funding progresses, we’ll talk about other (elements).” In September, the city held four forums, called Richmond Speaks, about the Lumpkin’s site, and while the discussions haven’t yet revealed any obvious consensus about how to memorialize the notorious slave jail, they have...
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