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The Legacy Sites @legacysites.eji.org · 02/10/2026

The sense of place is strong at Montgomery Square where visitors learn about the Montgomery decade that changed the world, starting with the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955 and ending with the passage of the Voting Rights Act 10 years later.

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The Legacy Sites @legacysites.eji.org · 02/10/2026

Montgomery Square, our newest Legacy Site, is on Montgomery Street, the very street where thousands of civil rights advocates marched the 54-mile journey from Selma to the Alabama Capitol to push for the right to vote in March 1965.

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The Legacy Sites @legacysites.eji.org · 01/10/2026

Experience an unforgettable journey through American history at EJI's Legacy Sites. Plan your visit: legacysites.eji.org

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The Legacy Sites @legacysites.eji.org · 24/09/2026

It is a place to learn about, remember, and reflect on the history and legacy of racial terror lynchings in America. Plan your visit.

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The Legacy Sites

A museum, memorial, and monument in Montgomery, Alabama.

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The Legacy Sites @legacysites.eji.org · 24/09/2026

The power of history is in telling the truth. Being honest about our nation’s history is the first step towards recovery and reconciliation. The National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama, is a sacred space for all.

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The Legacy Sites @legacysites.eji.org · 21/09/2026

At our Legacy Museum, visitors can see 800 jars of soil collected from lynching sites across the country. Part of our Community Remembrance Project, the jars provide a tangible way for communities and Museum visitors to confront the legacy of racial terror lynchings.

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The Legacy Sites @legacysites.eji.org · 27/08/2026

Breathtaking art and original artifacts bring to life the history of the 10 million Black people who were enslaved in America. The National Monument to Freedom—displaying over 100,000 names of formerly enslaved Black people—is the heart of this space. Plan your visit: legacysites.eji.org

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The Legacy Sites @legacysites.eji.org · 26/08/2026

170-year-old plantation dwellings sit at Freedom Monument Sculpture Park, located on the banks of the Alabama River. Artifacts, like these dwellings, help visitors understand both the brutality of enslavement and the humanity of the enslaved. Plan your visit today: legacysites.eji.org/visit/

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 11/08/2026

“I often argue that the North won the Civil War, but the South won the narrative war,” says civil rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson, executive director of Equal Justice Initiative (@eji.org).

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 12/08/2026

We are excited to present "The Legacy of Slavery in America" as part of the Edinburgh International Festival this year. The exhibition displays an abridged version of our Legacy Museum in Montgomery, and is the first international exhibition for EJI.

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EJI Presents “The Legacy of Slavery in America” at the Edinburgh International Festival

This is the first international exhibition for EJI.

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The Legacy Sites @legacysites.eji.org · 10/08/2026

“Grounded in the Stars” by Thomas J. Price stands atop Elevation Convening Center and Hotel in Montgomery, Alabama. Plan your visit to the Legacy Sites, and your stay at Elevation: legacysites.eji.org/visit/

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The Legacy Sites @legacysites.eji.org · 08/08/2026

Located in Montgomery, Alabama, EJI’s Legacy Sites invite visitors to reckon with our history of racial injustice exactly where that history was lived. Plan your visit today.

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The Legacy Sites

A museum, memorial, and monument in Montgomery, Alabama.

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The Legacy Sites @legacysites.eji.org · 08/08/2026

Four spaces. One powerful experience. Journey through history at the Legacy Museum, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, Freedom Monument Sculpture Park, and Montgomery Square.

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The Legacy Sites @legacysites.eji.org · 06/08/2026

The National Memorial for Peace and Justice is a sacred space for truth telling and reflection about racial terrorism and its legacy. Plan your visit: legacysites.eji.org

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The Legacy Sites @legacysites.eji.org · 01/08/2026

Learn more about this momentous decade, and plan your visit to Montgomery Square. www.montgomerysquare.eji.org

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The Legacy Sites @legacysites.eji.org · 01/08/2026

At Montgomery Square, visitors explore the Montgomery decade that changed the world. From 1955, with the Montgomery Bus Boycott, to 1965, with the Selma to Montgomery March and the Voting Rights Act, our city shaped the civil rights movement, changing the country and our world.

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The Legacy Sites @legacysites.eji.org · 29/07/2026

The Legacy Museum takes visitors on a journey through American history, tracing the myth of racial hierarchy through its tragic evolution, from enslavement to mass incarceration. The Museum begins with an education about the Middle Passage, which claimed the lives of two million kidnapped Africans.

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The Legacy Sites @legacysites.eji.org · 08/07/2026

Thousands of African Americans are unknown victims of racial terror lynchings whose deaths cannot be documented, many whose names will never be known. They are all honored at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice. Plan your visit.

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The Legacy Sites

A museum, memorial, and monument in Montgomery, Alabama.

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The Legacy Sites @legacysites.eji.org · 08/07/2026

800 corten steel monuments hang at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama—one for each county in the U.S. where a racial terror lynching took place.

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 05/07/2026

Bryan Stevenson joined the New York Times's Ezra Klein for a discussion about reckoning with our history as a required step towards creating an era of truth and justice in America on the nation's 250th anniversary. Watch the episode: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/03/o...

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 05/07/2026

"I want to be a great American, like my enslaved foreparents." To reflect on our nation's 250th anniversary, Bryan Stevenson joined Ezra Klein from the New York Times to discuss what it truly means to be a great American. Watch the episode: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/03/o...

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Reveal @revealnews.org · 04/07/2026

To mark America’s 250th anniversary, @alletson.bsky.social traveled to Montgomery, Alabama, to speak with Bryan Stevenson, whose museum and memorials commemorating slavery and lynching compel us to look squarely at the nation’s past. Listen to the full episode here: bit.ly/44dFUJ9

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/07/2026

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “If I think about America, if I try to reduce it to something: It’s a place for everybody who wants better, who believes in equality, who believes in justice, who believes in fairness, who believes in opportunity,” Bryan Stevenson tells Ezra Klein.

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Opinion | The America That’s Still Possible

On America’s 250th anniversary, Bryan Stevenson, a civil rights lawyer and the founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, looks toward the work that is ahead for the country.

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 03/07/2026

Watch Bryan Stevenson in discussion with the New York Times's Ezra Klein on what it means to reflect on our history on America's 250th anniversary as we continue to push for an era of truth and justice.

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Opinion | The America That’s Still Possible

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The Legacy Sites @legacysites.eji.org · 17/06/2026

Join us this Juneteenth (Friday, June 19) at the Legacy Sites. We are offering free admission in honor of the holiday and hope you will join us at all four Legacy Sites—The Legacy Museum, The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, Freedom Monument Sculpture Park, and Montgomery Square.

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The Legacy Sites @legacysites.eji.org · 13/06/2026

Join us at the Legacy Sites to celebrate this Juneteenth. Admission to all four of the Legacy Sites will be completely free. We hope to see you there!

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Celebrate Juneteenth with Free Admission to the Legacy Sites

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The Legacy Sites @legacysites.eji.org · 16/05/2026

Visit Montgomery Square, EJI's newest Legacy Site that tells the story of the Montgomery decade that changed the world, 1955-1965. Montgomery Square is open from 9am to 6pm, find more information here: montgomerysquare.eji.org/about/

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Explore Montgomery Square

The Equal Justice Initiative is pleased to announce the opening of Montgomery Square, a new Legacy Site in Montgomery, Alabama, dedicated to the Montgomery D...

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The Legacy Sites @legacysites.eji.org · 16/05/2026

Visiting Montgomery, Alabama? Montgomery Square is a must-see. EJI's newest Legacy Site tells the story of the Montgomery decade that changed the world. Plan your visit: montgomerysquare.eji.org/about/

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 16/05/2026

“We have come too far to turn around now.” Bryan Stevenson at the dedication of Montgomery Square. EJI's newest Legacy Site, Montgomery Square, tells the story of the Montgomery decade that changed the world, 1955-1965. Learn more and visit: montgomerysquare.eji.org/

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 05/05/2026

EJI gathered with civil rights leaders and community members to dedicate Montgomery Square, our newest addition to the Legacy Sites, which tells the story of the Montgomery decade that changed the world.

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Dedication of Montgomery Square

On March 31, 2026, hundreds of people joined EJI for the dedication of Montgomery Square in Montgomery, Alabama. An addition to the Legacy Sites, Montgomery ...

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The Legacy Sites @legacysites.eji.org · 03/05/2026

We were thrilled to dedicate Montgomery Square, the newest addition to the Legacy Sites, in the presence of civil rights leaders and foot soldiers. Music of freedom songs filled the air. Learn more and visit: montgomerysquare.eji.org

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 01/05/2026

“We have come too far to turn around now.” Bryan Stevenson at the dedication of Montgomery Square on March 31, 2026.

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 29/04/2026

We are thrilled to be welcoming visionary jazz artists Nate Smith and Lizz Wright to Montgomery for a one-night-only concert in Montgomery on Juneteenth. Get your tickets today!

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Nate Smith and Lizz Wright to Headline EJI’s Juneteenth Celebration

Join us this Juneteenth for an evening of jazz with visionary artists

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The Legacy Sites @legacysites.eji.org · 24/04/2026

More than 4,400 Black people killed in racial terror lynchings between 1877 and 1950 are remembered at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama. More than 800 corten steel monuments hold their names–one for each county where a racial terror lynching took place in the US.

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The Legacy Sites @legacysites.eji.org · 22/04/2026

The Legacy Museum is situated on the site of an old cotton warehouse—it invites visitors to reckon with our history of racial injustice exactly where that very history was lived. Plan your visit, engage with history, and begin an era of truth telling: legacysites.eji.org

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The Legacy Sites @legacysites.eji.org · 01/04/2026

EJI's dedication of Montgomery Square ended with a freedom song, led by Jeanette Howard-Moore, Viola Bradford, Margaret Howard, and Bryan Stevenson, along with the choir from Booker T. Washington Magnet High School. Learn more: eji.org/news/eji-ded...

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The Legacy Sites @legacysites.eji.org · 01/04/2026

Today, EJI hosted the dedication of our newest site, Montgomery Square. We were thrilled to be joined by civil rights leaders, Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed, BTW high school choir, and Grammy award-winning gospel artist Le'Andria Johnson.

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EJI Dedicates Montgomery Square

More than 300 people joined EJI today for the dedication of our newest site.

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 28/03/2026

“If people do not know their history, they are liable to repeat it." Bryan Stevenson on the importance of facing our past honestly, the power of hope, and the opportunities that emerge when you stand with condemned and disfavored people. @edwardluce.bsky.social @ftweekend.com

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Death row lawyer Bryan Stevenson: ‘Hope is our superpower’

[FREE TO READ] The attorney and activist on overturning capital convictions — and his fears that civil rights gains are being dismantled

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