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Lynching Memorial In Alabama Remembers The Victims Of Unacknowledged Terror

8:52am April 26, 2018

by Samantha Raphelson

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.

Alabama Tourism Director Lee Sentell stands near the Civil Rights Memorial. Erected by the Southern Poverty Law Center in 1989, it was among the first monuments in Montgomery recognizing civil rights martyrs.

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New Lynching Memorial Is A Space 'To Talk About All Of That Anguish'

5:00am April 26, 2018

by Debbie Elliott

The National Memorial for Peace and Justice opens Thursday in Montgomery, Ala., and includes monuments for victims of lynchings. Organizers say it's time "to confront the brutality."

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New Report Examines Lynchings And Their Legacy In The United States

9:52am February 11, 2015

The report by the Equal Justice Initiative says that the number of victims in the American South was more than 20 percent higher than was thought, and that the phenomenon was a form of terrorism.

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