National Memorial for Peace and Justice
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The National Memorial for Peace and Justice is a U.S. memorial and museum in Montgomery, Alabama dedicated to commemorating the victims of racial terror lynchings and confronting the legacy of racial injustice.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
lynching memorial
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memorial → museum → |
| admissionPolicy |
ticketed entry
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| alsoKnownAs |
National Lynching Memorial
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| architecturalStyle |
contemporary
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| associatedWith |
Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration
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| category |
African-American history museum
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history museum in Alabama → human rights memorial → |
| city |
Montgomery
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| commemorates |
African Americans lynched between 1877 and 1950
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victims of racial terror lynchings in the United States → |
| commissionedBy |
Equal Justice Initiative
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| continent |
North America
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| country |
United States
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| dedicatedTo |
African American victims of lynching
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victims of racial injustice in the United States → victims of racial terror lynchings → |
| designedBy |
MASS Design Group
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| foundedBy |
Equal Justice Initiative
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| hasPart |
duplicate monuments for counties
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interpretive panels → landscaped grounds → outdoor memorial square → reflection spaces → sculptures → suspended steel monuments → |
| inception |
2018
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| locatedIn |
Alabama
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American South → Montgomery, Alabama → |
| materialUsed |
concrete
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weathering steel → wood → |
| nearby |
Legacy Museum
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| numberOfMonuments |
over 800
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| openingDate |
April 26, 2018
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| operatedBy |
Equal Justice Initiative
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| purpose |
to commemorate victims of racial terror lynchings
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to confront the legacy of racial injustice in the United States → to educate the public about racial terror → to foster truth and reconciliation → |
| region |
Deep South
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| state |
Alabama
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| subjectOf |
academic studies on memory and memorialization
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national media coverage → |
| theme |
legacy of slavery
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mass incarceration → racial injustice → racial terror lynching → segregation → |
| visitorType |
public
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Referenced by (4)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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National Memorial for Peace and Justice
("National Lynching Memorial")
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alsoKnownAs |
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Alabama
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containsMuseum |
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Montgomery, Alabama
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knownFor |
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Legacy Museum
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nearby |