The National Memorial for Peace and Justice (artist rendering), which commemorates 4,400 lynching victims, opens this month in Montgomery, Alabama. It was created by the Equal Justice Initiative.

The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, in Montgomery, Alabama by MASS Design Group is America’s first memorial to the victims of racial terror lynchings. This ...

Specifically, he is working to remove the county from the National Lynching Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama. According to an interactive map, over 500 lynchings happened in the state of Georgia.

Congress never passed the anti-lynching bill Jaffe championed. Fast forward to 2018. The National Memorial for Peace and Justice opened that year in Birmingham, Alabama, providing a striking and ...

Mar 3, 2023 Mar 3, 2023 Updated Apr 11, 2024 A newly-established group wants to see a lynching memorial become part of the plans for a new Smith County courthouse in downtown Tyler. In May 1909 ...