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    Lynching Memorial In Alabama Remembers The Victims Of Unacknowledged Terror

    The first memorial honoring the victims of lynching across the American South opens Thursday in Montgomery, Ala. The non-profit Equal Justice Initiative documented the names of 4,400 victims.
    by Samantha Raphelson Apr 26, 2018 2 minutes

    The National Memorial for Peace and Justice sits on six acres facing the Alabama state capital. Eight hundred steel blocks hang from the ceiling, bearing the names of 4,400 victims of one of the least-recognized racist atrocities in American history.

    This is the first national memorial to the victims of lynching in the United states and

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