Gary L. Flowers stands Wednesday in front of the oak tree he wants removed from the site of the proposed Maggie L. Walker statue. Location: Broad and Adams streets at the intersection with Brook Road, a gateway into Jackson Ward, the historic center of Richmond’s black community.
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Strange fruit?
Critic: Oak evokes lynching image at Walker statue site
The fight over the tree in the planned Maggie L. Walker plaza isn’t over. Gary L. Flowers, a Richmond native and national political and civil rights operative living in Jackson Ward, has jumped into the fray with a petition drive opposing the live oak that now dominates the gateway into Jackson Ward where the monument to the great lady is to stand.
