History of Us students shared a powerful experience as they shadowed the “Raise Up” memorial at . When asked about the trip, a student struggled to find the words and said, “It made me feel it; it felt so real.”
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"We are haunted, in America, by our history of racial inequality."
#TrueJusticeDoc, a film chronicling Bryan Stevenson’s human struggle to create a greater fairness in the justice system, premieres June 26 at 8PM on .
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It's been a year since the @MemPeaceJustic opened in Montgomery. Since then, more than half a million people have visited.
In a moving tribute, Reckon's reflects on why it's important we remember those lynched by mobs in Alabama and around the country.
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The flowers are in bloom at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice garden. Visit us in Montgomery and learn more at museumandmemorial.eji.org
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Remembering the fear lynching intended to inflict on African Americans- from chains to memorials reflecting tombstones to hanging bodies... naming the shame & stain is essential in journey 4 civil rights Memorial... So moving to be in this sacred space
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This weekend, during the Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage to Alabama, I visited the National Memorial for Peace and Justice. This site is the nation’s first memorial dedicated to the legacy of racial terror lynchings.
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"Sometimes I think of the last thought — the last thought, was it fear? Did it feel like they were coming home?"
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Started in Birmingham and now in Montgomery visiting and . Powerful images documenting the history of slavery and the racial terror of lynching. @FaithNPolitics
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The holds one of the few slavery sculptures that exist in America. EJI worked with Ghanaian artist Kwame Akoto-Bamfo to create the Nkyinkyim Installation for the Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama.
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In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice is offering free admission today.
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Last week a man tried to get inside an African American church, where he claimed he wanted to slaughter black people attending services. Blocked in his effort, he went to a nearby grocery store and killed two unarmed black shoppers who were targeted because they were black.
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"A visit to Montgomery is once again something close to a moral imperative, although one that rewards with a pair of new institutions that manage a unique combination of intellectual, visceral and aesthetic power."
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The National Memorial for Peace and Justice has been named as one of the world's 100 greatest places in 2018 by : time.com/collection/wor
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A new memorial honors more than 4,000 victims of lynching: The National Memorial for Peace and Justice honors African-American men, women and children who were lynched in 805 U.S. counties. cbsn.ws/2OyYuCN
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Check out our new long read by EJI Senior Attorney Jennifer Rae Taylor: “Race, Voting, and a Gaping Loophole: A Critical Look at the 14th Amendment”
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EJI is thrilled to share with you 's stirring speech, which he delivered earlier this year on the first day of the Peace and Justice Summit in Montgomery, Alabama.
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"We went to Montgomery, Alabama, to think about history, our country’s and our own."
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Check out our new interactive website, Segregation in America, with a new report detailing 20th century opposition to racial equality, videos documenting the segregation era, and a visualization of Confederate monuments as they stand throughout the U.S.
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If the Legacy Museum is an overwhelming immersion in careful data, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, its companion space, is a direct blow to the gut
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This week, EJI's new Gift Shop opened at 121 Coosa Street in downtown Montgomery. Located next to the , the Gift Shop features a Starbucks Café with fresh baked goods, a bookstore, and space for visitors to reflect.
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Today is the Grand Opening of EJI's new Café, Gift Shop & Bookstore at 121 Coosa St in Montgomery. The Café is open daily from 7:30am to 6pm. The Gift Shop is open daily from 9am to 8pm & on Sunday from 9am to 6pm. The Café & Gift Shop are closed Tuesdays
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"The powerful National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Alabama is meant to perturb, not console — and to encourage truth-telling far and wide." Holland Cotter's review of and the for
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Reckoning with slavery: The trans-Atlantic migration of a sculpture bos.gl/8v8dYsQ
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Thank you for this moving article: "For my family & 1000s of others is a chance at long last to see our loss publicly recognized to tell the stories of the victims & prove that despite everything, we have endured." twitter.com/TheUndefeated/ @TheUndefeated
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We live in a post-slavery, post-lynching, and post-segregation society. Confronting the truth about the legacy of racial injustice in this country will help us get to a better future.
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"We have spaces in this country where the legacy of terrorism and lynching still burdens people. People of color feel menaced. There is still a presumption of dangerousness and guilt that gets assigned to black and brown people." latimes.com/nation/la-na-b
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In Alabama, there are now 805 large, iron receipts for white supremacy. We need them. I wrote for @RollingStone about why the new @LegacyMuseum and @MemPeaceJustice, both of which honor lynching victims and shame their murderers, are patriotism in action. rol.st/2rjUkoS
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"It may be difficult to get through the epitaphs and accountability and symbolism at the museum and memorial. But in revealing American hatred, this whole endeavor shows that the purpose is more about love than anything." rollingstone.com/politics/featu
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Jackie Jordan Irvine and Karen Branan have struck up an unlikely friendship: a black woman whose ancestor was lynched, and a white woman whose ancestors did the killing. Together, the two women visited . nytimes.com/2018/05/04/us/
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"The new museum and memorial in Montgomery are necessary first stops for a civil rights tour...[T]hey show that the devaluation of black life upon which slavery relied did not just evaporate, but haunts the country still." mobile.nytimes.com/2018/04/25/opi
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"I don't think we've actually done a very good job of acknowledging the pain and agony, the suffering, the humiliation, the complete denial of humanity that slavery created for black people on this continent." Bryan Stevenson to npr.org/2018/04/26/604
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"It is difficult, for me, to express the feeling of finding the columns that mark your origins—seeing the names of the victims and imagining the terror and fear that must have coursed through those communities." on experiencing
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It is such an honor to be here in Montgomery, Alabama at the . Thank you Bryan Stevenson & for inviting me to speak about environmental justice at this important memorial.
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"[The] memorial appears serene, an architectural feat on a green knoll. But, as I entered the dense space, the serenity mutated into uneasiness. By the time the ground gave way, so that the monuments hovered above my head, the experience was devastating."
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If you sincerely believe in justice and dignity for all, make the pilgrimage to Montgomery, Alabama to experience the lynching memorial and legacy museum established today by Bryan Stevenson and his stellar team at #EJI. It will take your breath away, then breathe in new life.
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Today I’m excited, proud, and moved to be at the opening of 's 2 new institutions in Alabama. These vital monuments bear witness to our country’s history of racial injustice. Now more than ever, we need the and the ! #eji
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Open today in Montgomery, Alabama. The National Memorial to Peace and Justice () and the Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration. Join us. museumandmemorial.eji.org/visit#tickets
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