The Legacy Sites
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A Museum, Memorial, Monument, and Square in Alabama dedicated to documenting our country’s history of racial injustice. Created by @eji.org
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.
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.
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.
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...
"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...
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
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.
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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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.
Opinion | The America That’s Still Possible
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The Legacy Sites
A museum, memorial, and monument in Montgomery, Alabama.
legacysites.eji.org
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.
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.
Juneteenth at the Legacy Sites. Reckoning with our nation's history. youtube.com/shorts/QTp67...
Juneteenth at the Legacy Sites. Reckoning with our nation's history.
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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!
Celebrate Juneteenth with Free Admission to the Legacy Sites
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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/
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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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/
“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/
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/
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/
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.
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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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
“We have come too far to turn around now.” Bryan Stevenson at the dedication of Montgomery Square on March 31, 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!
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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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.
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
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.
EJI Dedicates Montgomery Square
More than 300 people joined EJI today for the dedication of our newest site.
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“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
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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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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Edward Luce@edwardluce.bsky.social · 4mo ago"A statue of Jefferson Davis still holds pride of place inside the Capitol a mile or two from where we are meeting. “I mean, are there statues of Adolf Hitler in Berlin?” Stevenson asks." My Lunch with Bryan Stevenson - one of the most remarkable people I've met. as.ft.com/r/03ca3d70-9...
Montgomery Square is dedicated to the Montgomery decade that changed the world. From 1955 to 1965, Black residents in Montgomery stood up with incredible courage and determination, sparking a global movement that changed the world. Visit and learn more: montgomerysquare.eji.org/
