legacysites.eji.org
A Museum, Memorial, Monument, and Square in Alabama dedicated to documenting our country’s history of racial injustice. Created by @eji.org
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@legacysites.bsky.social@legacysites.bsky.social → @legacysites.eji.orgThe executive director of @eji.org, Bryan Stevenson is a public interest lawyer who has dedicated his career to helping the poor, the incarcerated, and the condemned. Here, he recounts the displacement of millions who fled the dangers and violence of the Jim Crow-era South. #WeAreAmerica250
Show Post"I want to represent the 10 million Black people who were enslaved for 246 years, when our government begins to try to eliminate their history, their stories from our cultural museums."
Show Post“I often argue that the North won the Civil War, but the South won the narrative war,” says civil rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson, executive director of Equal Justice Initiative (@eji.org).
Show PostWe spend the hour with Bryan Stevenson of Equal Justice Initiative. In 2018, the organization opened the Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama, to tell the history of millions of enslaved Africans who were trafficked across the Atlantic. The museum just opened an exhibition in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Show PostSeven years since the renowned civil rights Legacy Museum opened in Alabama a lot has changed. I traveled to Montgomery to sit down with CEO Bryan Stevenson to discuss this moment in history and the impact of the museum. @legacysites.eji.org @eji.org spectrumlocalnews.com/al/alabama/n...
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