#legacymuseum

[sittarrogers]

Sittar Rogers X Exploring EJI Legacy Memorial - Montgomery Alabama from Sittar Rogers on Vimeo.

EJI legacy memorial & Museum have given us an amazing opportunity to Explore the painful memories of past lynchings, slavery and mass incarceration in this emotional video. This one of a kind memorial can only be found in the heart of Montgomery Alabama. The equal Justice Initiative aims to bring awareness and fights to end mass incarceration.

[foodie-licious1]

#truth #montgomery #alabama #mayaangelou #legacymuseum (at The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration) https://www.instagram.com/p/B53d1tfFNDf/?igshid=1wts7nufkeqhm

[dbjoraas]

Each name a holy word . . . #montgomery #alabama #legacymuseum #memorial #peace #justice #park #al #blackandwhite (at EJI Lynching Memorial) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2cmPGvB60l/?igshid=6z8m46fxd8bx

[mrkinetik]

This is The National Memorial for Peace and Justice & The Legacy Museum. They opened on April 26, 2018. I went to both on July 7, 2018. I was on my way to Cleveland, Mississippi for a National Endowment for Humanities seminar about the Mississippi Delta. I knew it would be awhile before I got back down south so I left a day early to go to Montgomery, Alabama to go to both, right after driving all day. I have posted about this before but I’ve had time to reflect on it more since then. I’ll never forget the man telling me, “It’s a lot” as I walked up to the Memorial. He was not wrong. I had to sit & cry, about 10 minutes into it. I hadn’t even got up the actual Memorial. The Memorial for me was heartbreaking. To see the names, the places. Some of the counties are where my kin are from. I found a Lewis Williams in Copiah County, MS. Hazlehurst is in Copiah County; my paternal grandfather is from Hazlehurst. I have no idea if there’s any connection at all but knowing that there could be, is a lot to process. The Memorial, for me, is a way to remind me of the truth about “racial terror lynchings” as the Equal Justice Initiative has termed these incidents. The Museum was incredibly detailed. It is officially, The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration, and it traces that connection. It is located on the site where enslaved people were once warehoused in Montgomery. You start with a really detailed video about the broad history, including details of Montgomery’s history. Then there are slave pen replicas but I didn’t look at those too long. Then you enter the broader museum space and can follow the timeline. But there’s so much research & videos to illustrate the timeline of events & documents the history with incredible detail. As worn out as I felt at the end of the day from the trip, I plan to go back. The two sites exist to tell the truth by presenting places & names through excellent storytelling. The experience reinforced that I have a role to play in working for truth & reconciliation regarding racial inequality & inequity. #memorialforpeaceandjustice #legacymuseum #eji #blackhistorymonth #mrkblackhistory #jaaamaccordingly (at The National Memorial for Peace and Justice) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuRCPeiHdCF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=yjmuk6kzaqln

[imichellescuriousitycabinet-blog]

Journey through Bama

legacy museum 

We got the chance to go to the legacy museum when we went to Alabama.what a journey it was too. This museum walks you through slave trade all the way to the destruction of today mass incarceration . I think this museum was intense. it brought forward a crazy amount of thought and sadness it two ways i wasn't expecting.  so many things were happening and so much information was being given about everything that has happened is happening and continues to happen but i didn't think about the crazy things that we could do to help out with these things. that is because we can’t as much as we want to help. we can't help, its so much bigger than us its so much bigger than what we would hope to do and so much bigger then we could ever imagine. but even if spreading the word of the chaos a little bit can often go a long way 

[baritoneonline]

BARITONE CENTER STAGE A Day In My Life • PLEASE LIKE & SHARE • Baritone Available on iTunes www.itunes.com/baritone #LegacyMuseum #nmaahc #1063Chicago #july4th #CDW #GCM #ITW #macarthurFoundation #Southwest #iHeartMediaChicago #chicagoUrbanLeague #FordFoundationVisionariesAward #NationalMedalofLiberty #ChicagoDefenderCharities #MacArthurFoundation #GeniusPrize #UICPavilion #NextLevelHealth #WLSAM890 #CEC #WLSAMRadio #1063Chicago #100BlackMenofAmerica #BlackEnterprise #BlueprintGlobalGroup #TheWorldOfHyatt #CBS #NBC5News #ABC7Chicago #WindyCityLive (at United States)

[preciousari]

・・・ “OUR STORY MATTERS. #LegacyMuseum opens in #Montgomery, #Alabama, to highlight #slavery, #lynchings "I'm a descendant of three lynching victims," one visitor said. "I wanted to come and honor them." #VericLang, 19, visits the #NationalMemorialForPeaceAndJustice on Thursday in Montgomery, Alabama. "It's powerful," Lang said. "Seeing the list of names and the reasons why people were killed, it's eye opening to know what society was like back then. It make me uneasy to know that this is what my people went through. I'm glad times have changed now, but there still a lot more we have to do." The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to #MassIncarceration opened this week on the site of a former slave pen in Montgomery, Alabama, where black people were once imprisoned before being sold at auction. An unflinching reminder of America's racist legacy, the 11,000-square-foot facility will serve as a place of learning for visitors by detailing the tragic history of the slave trade and following through to current-day problems associated with mass incarceration.” via @powerfulblackstories #Repost @blackwomenarepoppin (@get_repost) (at West Chester, South Carolina)

[blackwomenarepoppin]

“OUR STORY MATTERS. #LegacyMuseum opens in #Montgomery, #Alabama, to highlight #slavery, #lynchings "I'm a descendant of three lynching victims," one visitor said. "I wanted to come and honor them." #VericLang, 19, visits the #NationalMemorialForPeaceAndJustice on Thursday in Montgomery, Alabama. "It's powerful," Lang said. "Seeing the list of names and the reasons why people were killed, it's eye opening to know what society was like back then. It make me uneasy to know that this is what my people went through. I'm glad times have changed now, but there still a lot more we have to do." The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to #MassIncarceration opened this week on the site of a former slave pen in Montgomery, Alabama, where black people were once imprisoned before being sold at auction. An unflinching reminder of America's racist legacy, the 11,000-square-foot facility will serve as a place of learning for visitors by detailing the tragic history of the slave trade and following through to current-day problems associated with mass incarceration.” via @powerfulblackstories