It’s incredibly important to know the history of your country and the history of black people in America that had a huge impact on it’s development . What we have now is in fact the result of what happened back then. This memorial will hopefully force America to also acknowledge the lasting and devastating impact of lynching on Black people.
The memorial, based in Montgomery, Alabama, will have 800 columns that will bear the names of lynching victims, along with the dates and locations of their murders. This elaborate memorial also will include a courtyard with duplicate columns that will be moved to the county where the lynchings actually occurred. (x)
The nation must reckon with its racist past in order to improve race relations in the future.
