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Aug 22, 2018

# The National Memorial for Peace and Justice

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Montgomery, Alabama

by 

[TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/)


## TIME Staff


![Names and dates of lynching victims are inscribed on corten steel monuments at The National Memorial for Peace and Justice](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt59316cd0cbe4a5dd/6989386be76ad2c978632cfc/national-memorial-for-peace-and-justice-montgomery-worlds-greatest-places-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=3:2)

MONTGOMERY, AL - APRIL 20: Names and dates of lynching victims are inscribed on corten steel monuments at The National Memorial for Peace and Justice on April 20, 2018 in Montgomery, Al. More than 800 corten steel monuments are on display representing each county in the United States where a lynching took place. More than four thousand victims are honored at the memorial. (Photo by Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

MONTGOMERY, AL - APRIL 20: Names and dates of lynching victims are inscribed on corten steel monuments at The National Memorial for Peace and Justice on April 20, 2018 in Montgomery, Al. More than 800 corten steel monuments are on display representing each county in the United States where a lynching took place. More than four thousand victims are honored at the memorial. (Photo by Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images)Ricky Carioti—The Washington Post/Getty Images

Most public memorials exalt history. Deep in the American South, a powerful space pays homage to its victims. At a low angle, the roof of the [National Memorial for Peace and Justice](https://museumandmemorial.eji.org/) appears to be held up by columns. Draw closer, and it emerges that the more than 800 Corten steel slabs are in fact hanging from the ceiling. Inscribed on each is the name of a county, followed by dates and names of persons, some marked unknown. They honor approximately 4,400 black Americans who were murdered in lynchings between 1877 and 1950\. The first-of-its-kind memorial was created by the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), a legal advocacy group founded by Bryan Stevenson, in collaboration with MASS Design Group; EJI also runs the nearby Legacy Museum, devoted to the full gamut of America’s racial history. Both sites are resonating: more than 100,000 people have visited since they opened in April. _—Merrill Fabry_


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