Walk in Love is an annual pilgrimage that seeks the Beloved Community by resisting systemic violence and racism through education, coalition building, and ritual. We walk in love to honor those who practice nonviolence as a form of love in action and to sustain the commitment to social justice work in our city. Love takes a stand for justice.

What are we commemorating? Who was Z. Alexander Looby?

Walk in Love annually commemorates the bombing of Z. Alexander Looby’s home in North Nashville. It is observed on April 19, the day of the bombing in 1960. Mr. Looby was a lawyer that took desegregation cases in the courts, and was thereby a target of violence.

Walk in Love: Recalling the Untold Story of Our Brother in Christ, Attorney Z. Alexander Looby
A brief piece written by Natasha Deane and Sara Eccleston on the behalf of the EDTN Beloved Community Commission

On April 19th, 1960 the bombing of a civil rights attorney's home...
Article published in The Tennessean, April 18, 2020

How to participate

Gather with others via Zoom for a reading of the Looby Litany

• Noon (register here)

• 7 pm - includes a "meet and greet" (in Zoom breakout rooms) to meet members of the Beloved Community Commission (register here)

• Walk the route of the historical march (map and materials available)

• Mediate on the story of Z Alexander Looby (includes prayer, learning, and questions for reflection) with this guide