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(Children’s Defense Fund) – On March 27, the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park officially opened in Montgomery, Alabama – the newest extraordinary Legacy Site created by the Equal Justice Initiative. EJI is a nonprofit human rights organization committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, challenging racial and economic injustice, and protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society, all under the leadership of visionary founder and Executive Director Bryan Stevenson. The Legacy Sites are three spaces in downtown Montgomery that help tell the story of our nation’s legacy of racial violence and terror and our ongoing struggle for equality and justice. The Legacy Museum sits on the former site of a cotton warehouse where enslaved people once worked, and uses interactive exhibits, video and digital pieces, and the work of dozens of contemporary artists to take visitors on a moving journey from the transatlantic slave trade to contemporary America. Related Stories The National Memorial for Peace and Justice is a monument and sacred space that honors the more than 4,400 Black people who were killed in racial terror lynchings in our nation between 1877 and 1950, listing their names on more than...

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