Legacy Museum

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The Legacy Museum is a history museum in Montgomery, Alabama that traces the legacy of slavery through mass incarceration and racial injustice in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf history museum
memorial museum
museum
address Montgomery, Alabama
surface form: Montgomery, Alabama, United States
affiliation Equal Justice Initiative
category African American museums in Alabama
History museums in Alabama
Museums in Montgomery, Alabama
city Montgomery, Alabama
surface form: Montgomery
country United States of America
surface form: United States
focusesOn Jim Crow laws
surface form: Jim Crow segregation

contemporary mass incarceration
domestic slave trade in the United States
racial terror lynching in the United States
systemic racism in the United States
transatlantic slave trade
foundedBy Bryan Stevenson
Equal Justice Initiative
hasCollection artifacts related to slavery
documents related to racial segregation
materials on mass incarceration
hasExhibitType art installations
historical documents
interactive exhibits
multimedia exhibits
oral histories
inception 2018
language English
locatedInBuilding former slave warehouse
location Montgomery, Alabama
name Legacy Museum self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Legacy Museum
nearby National Memorial for Peace and Justice
notableFor tracing the legacy of slavery through mass incarceration and racial injustice
openingDate April 26, 2018
operator Equal Justice Initiative
partOf Equal Justice Initiative
surface form: Equal Justice Initiative memorial and museum project
purpose to document racial injustice in the United States
to educate the public about the legacy of slavery
to promote reflection on mass incarceration
state Alabama
subjectOf national media coverage on racial justice
targetAudience general public
students and educators
theme history of slavery in the United States
mass incarceration in the United States
racial injustice in the United States
visitorExperience self-guided tours
website https://museumandmemorial.eji.org

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Montgomery, Alabama knownFor Legacy Museum
Alabama containsMuseum Legacy Museum
Legacy Museum name Legacy Museum self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Legacy Museum