Slowly, the wheels of justice began to grind. In 1983, police arrested Henry Francis Hays, the son of Alabama’s second highest-ranking Klan official, and Knowles, who quickly confessed the crime to the FBI. Knowles was the star witness in Hays’ trial, and both men were convicted and se...
Over the years, the EJI has expanded its mission, to build cultural sites in Montgomery, like the Legacy Museum, and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, focusing on America's history of lynching. Stevenson said, "There were 10 million people who were enslaved in this...
When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in Montgomery, Alabama, in December 1955 - the event that eventually led to the end of segregation on public transport - she said it was Emmett Till's lynching that was on her mind. "This brutal murder and grotesque miscarriage of justice outrag...
Arp was captured in Rome, Georgia, and the Centre Alabama newspaper reported that the Rome Sheriff “refuses yet to give up Arp to the authorities here, as he (Arp) claims he fears lynching if brought into this section.” A day later, though, the Sheriff took Arp back to Cedar Bluff,...
So in Montgomery, Alabama, the heart of the deep south – which still has dozens of monuments celebrating the Confederacy – Stevenson's equal justice initiative took on a bold project: they bought six acres of land and started construction on a memorial to the victims of lynching. ...
MASS Design Group's recently completed National Memorial for Peace and Justice has opened to the public in Alabama.
There are sidewalks that follow the Mississippi River and loop around the arch. Be sure to cross the street to the Old Courthouse where the first of two trials in the infamous Dred Scott case was held in 1854. Continue west behind to the courthouse to the Kiener Memorial Fountain for a ph...
Simone Leigh and Rose B. Simpson evoke the history and repercussions of slavery in America. Victims of lynching are honored at the outdoors EJI National Memorial for Peace and Justice. Stories of the enslaved and imprisoned are highlighted at the multimedia Legacy Museum (best for olde...
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