Last week, a lynching memorial in Montgomery, Alabama was opened in remembrance of the tragic and violent past that murdered innocent African-American victims. Lynchings were one of America’s most ...

It’s a reminder that the past lines our paths and runs beneath our feet. EJI says about 120 counties named in the memorial ...

Senate passes bill amid reinvigorated effort to make lynching a federal hate crime There were at least 4,743 lynchings in the U.S. from 1882 to 1968, NAACP said.

A memorial plaque to remember the 1905 lynching of nine men will be unveiled at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Oconee County Courthouse.