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National Memorial for Peace and Justice / Montgomery, Alabama
The Equal Justice Initiative just opened its memorial and accompanying museum, in Montgomery, Alabama, recognizing acts of racial terrorism. Between 1877 and 1950, at least 4,400 African-Americans were lynched in America. Many lynchings were committed with the assistance, or indifference, of local and state officials. Many were preceded by outright torture over the most inconceivably trivial “offenses” to white people. The columns represent each county in which lynchings were documented and list each name, if known, of the victims. The column with states listed represents states in which lynchings occurred but not enough specific data was available to name those victims.
National Memorial for Peace and Justice / Montgomery, Alabama
The Equal Justice Initiative just opened its memorial and accompanying museum, in Montgomery, Alabama, recognizing acts of racial terrorism. Between 1877 and 1950, at least 4,400 African-Americans were lynched in America. Many lynchings were committed with the assistance, or indifference, of local and state officials. Many were preceded by outright torture over the most inconceivably trivial “offenses” to white people. The columns represent each county in which lynchings were documented and list each name, if known, of the victims. The column with states listed represents states in which lynchings occurred but not enough specific data was available to name those victims.