page_title: The National Memorial for Peace and Justice
hierarchical_section_title: The National Memorial for Peace and Justice
caption_attribution_description: English: More than 4400 African American men, women, and children were hanged, burned alive, shot, drowned, and beaten to death by white mobs between 1877 and 1950. The National Memorial for Peace and Justice is a sacred space for truth-telling and reflection about racial terror in America and its legacy.
context_page_description: The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, informally known as the National Lynching Memorial, is a national memorial to commemorate the victims of lynching in the United States. The memorial is intended to acknowledge past racial terrorism and advocate for social justice in America. Founded by the non-profit Equal Justice Initiative, it opened in downtown Montgomery, Alabama on April 26, 2018.
context_section_description: The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, informally known as the National Lynching Memorial, is a national memorial to commemorate the victims of lynching in the United States. The memorial is intended to acknowledge past racial terrorism and advocate for social justice in America. Founded by the non-profit Equal Justice Initiative, it opened in downtown Montgomery, Alabama on April 26, 2018.
caption: The memorial includes 805 hanging steel rectangles, representing each of the counties in the United States where a documented lynching took place
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