A lynching memorial in Montgomery, Alabama, opened April 26. Created by Bryan Stevenson’s Equal Justice Initiative, The National Memorial for Peace and Justice is paired with The Legacy Museum ...

Politics On a Hill in Alabama, the Lynched Haunt Us The new museum and memorial in Montgomery are exactly the remembrance America needs By Jamil Smith May 6, 2018 ...

That changed recently, when the nation’s first memorial to the more than 4,400 people who were lynched in the United States between 1877 and 1950 opened late last month in Montgomery, Alabama.

Update: The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, honoring more than 4,000 victims of lynching in America, opened to the public April 26th, 2018, in Alabama. Below, Oprah Winfrey's first look ...

Alabama Tourism Director Lee Sentell stands near the Civil Rights Memorial. Erected by the Southern Poverty Law Center in 1989, it was among the first monuments in Montgomery recognizing civil ...

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

The National Memorial for Peace and Justice is a project in the works since 2010. It stands in recognition of what EJI says were more than 4,400 documented lynchings of African-Americans by whites ...

Anniston/Gadsden Real-Time News Why the story of a 1906 Alabama lynching won't be forgotten Published: Dec. 11, 2016, 11:00 a.m. By William Thornton | wthornton@al.com headline.PNG ...

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 ...

The National Memorial for Peace and Justice opens in Montgomery, Ala., this week and is devoted to the victims of lynching. It reflects on the nation's history of racial terror, from slavery to ...