#408 Lynching Memorial, Infant in Senate - April 27, 2018
Memorial for Lynching Victims
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, in Montgomery, Alabama, officially opened on Thursday, April 26. The memorial commemorates more than 4,400 African Americans who were lynched in the U.S. It has metal slabs, resembling tombstones, for each county covered, with the names of individuals who were lynched. The overall effect brings many people to tears. It shows how immense the terror of lynching was.
If lynching were practiced