Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration
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Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration is a museum in Montgomery, Alabama that traces the history of racial injustice in the United States from slavery through Jim Crow to the modern criminal justice system.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration canonical | 5 |
| Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration (concept and advocacy) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration Context triple: [National Memorial for Peace and Justice, associatedWith, Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration]
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Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619–2019
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619–2019 is a collaborative volume edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain that presents 400 years of African American history through short essays and poems by a diverse group of writers.
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Eyes on the Prize
"Eyes on the Prize" is a traditional American civil rights anthem that became widely known through its use in the 1960s movement and later popular recordings, including Bruce Springsteen’s folk revival projects.
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When They See Us
When They See Us is a critically acclaimed 2019 Netflix miniseries that dramatizes the wrongful conviction and eventual exoneration of the Central Park Five, highlighting systemic racism and injustice in the U.S. criminal legal system.
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Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
"Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America" is a National Book Award–winning work of nonfiction by Ibram X. Kendi that traces the origins, evolution, and impact of racist ideas throughout U.S. history.
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I Am Not Your Negro
I Am Not Your Negro is a 2016 documentary film that uses James Baldwin’s unfinished manuscript and archival footage to examine the history of racism in the United States through his reflections on the lives and assassinations of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration Target entity description: Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration is a museum in Montgomery, Alabama that traces the history of racial injustice in the United States from slavery through Jim Crow to the modern criminal justice system.
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A.
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619–2019
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619–2019 is a collaborative volume edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain that presents 400 years of African American history through short essays and poems by a diverse group of writers.
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B.
Eyes on the Prize
"Eyes on the Prize" is a traditional American civil rights anthem that became widely known through its use in the 1960s movement and later popular recordings, including Bruce Springsteen’s folk revival projects.
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C.
When They See Us
When They See Us is a critically acclaimed 2019 Netflix miniseries that dramatizes the wrongful conviction and eventual exoneration of the Central Park Five, highlighting systemic racism and injustice in the U.S. criminal legal system.
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D.
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
"Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America" is a National Book Award–winning work of nonfiction by Ibram X. Kendi that traces the origins, evolution, and impact of racist ideas throughout U.S. history.
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E.
I Am Not Your Negro
I Am Not Your Negro is a 2016 documentary film that uses James Baldwin’s unfinished manuscript and archival footage to examine the history of racism in the United States through his reflections on the lives and assassinations of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
history museum
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museum ⓘ |
| associatedWith | National Memorial for Peace and Justice ⓘ |
| buildingType | adaptive reuse of former warehouse ⓘ |
| category |
African American history museum
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civil rights museum ⓘ |
| city |
Montgomery, Alabama
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surface form:
Montgomery
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| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| focusesOnPeriod |
Jim Crow laws
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surface form:
Jim Crow era
Reconstruction era ⓘ modern criminal justice system ⓘ slavery era ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Equal Justice Initiative ⓘ |
| founder | Bryan Stevenson ⓘ |
| inception | 2018 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alabama
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Montgomery, Alabama ⓘ
surface form:
Montgomery
Montgomery, Alabama ⓘ |
| locatedOn | site of former slave warehouse ⓘ |
| mission |
to educate the public about racial injustice in the United States
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to trace the legacy of slavery to contemporary mass incarceration ⓘ |
| name | Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration self-link ⓘ |
| nearby | National Memorial for Peace and Justice ⓘ |
| notableFor |
focus on the continuum of racial oppression in the United States
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linking slavery, lynching, segregation, and mass incarceration ⓘ |
| openingDate | 2018-04-26 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Equal Justice Initiative ⓘ |
| operatorType | nonprofit organization ⓘ |
| partOf | Equal Justice Initiative public education projects ⓘ |
| region |
Southern United States
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surface form:
American South
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| shortName | Legacy Museum ⓘ |
| state | Alabama ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
exhibitions on domestic slave trade
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exhibitions on mass incarceration ⓘ exhibitions on racial segregation ⓘ exhibitions on the transatlantic slave trade ⓘ |
| theme |
Jim Crow laws
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mass incarceration ⓘ racial injustice in the United States ⓘ racial terror lynching ⓘ slavery in the United States ⓘ |
| uses |
archival documents
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art installations ⓘ first-person narratives ⓘ multimedia exhibits ⓘ |
| website | https://museumandmemorial.eji.org ⓘ |
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Subject: Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration Description of subject: Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration is a museum in Montgomery, Alabama that traces the history of racial injustice in the United States from slavery through Jim Crow to the modern criminal justice system.
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