Peace and Justice Memorial Center — Attraction in Montgomery

I visited the memorial because it wasn’t too out of my way (added a couple hours) on a road trip and I really wanted to see it. I am really glad I did, despite the great heaviness I felt as I made my way through the memorial and for many hours after... and the next day and today...

The insanity of white supremacy in the US is on full display here. Some of the reasons that the 4,000+ people who were lynched are just totally unbelievable, but unfortunately they’re true. A man, his wife and their four children lynched because he used “inappropriate language” with his boss’s wife. A man lynched for “annoying” a white woman. Boys lynched for “frightening” white girls. A Pregnant woman lynched for protesting her husband’s lynching the week before. People lynched for being drunk, from knocking on a white woman’s door, for being on the wrong side of town.

It’s a tragic history, in part because it continues today with our judicial systems. Ugh.

But it was also beautiful and inspiring. The hope that through honesty and reflection county by county, monument by monument, that our country could grow and become a more just and democratic nation for all.

Everyone should go. They should also go to the museum, but I had my dogs and no one to watch them so that’ll have to wait until my next visit to Montgomery- which is a city i was pleasantly...

Thank you so much with all our hearts to the people who do care about us💞. If we could just show each other a measure of the love that is being expressed to us by a special people who genuinely want to effect change for us. Please GOD help us love each other more. We would all be much better for the good we do for others. This Museum has brought about change here. The housing market is thriving again in this area of the city, business opportunities have blossomed for many underprivileged, many jobs have opened up and we are Gratefully working very hard to take advantage of all the available resources to help us advance ourselves. Big Thank You to Everyone extending their helping hands to us right now, we appreciate you. God Bless you and your families. PEACE AND JUSTICE...

I grew up in Montgomery from the age of 11-25 before I set 'sail' for my career and embarked on my own journey, but I always come back home to see family and friends once a year. When the Peace and Justice Memorial Center opened, I always make sure to visit it and dig deep into the reality of history it represents for Alabama's darkest times. The enslaved Black people were terrorized and killed and this truth must be communicated to all of us in this nation. This is my 5th time visiting in its five year history and I am deeply moved each time and always make sure to read and learn. I am so appreciative to those who made this place possible and naming of the victims who perished in a devastating time in history. May they always...