Seven States: Peace & Justice Memorial

Posted on by Ian C.

Before leaving Montgomery, we visited the Peace & Justice memorial, a quite tragic place “dedicated to the legacy of enslaved Black people …” with many too many panels listing the names of people lynched in USA even as recently as the 1950s! Too many names (and too many unknown people as well); we found a name from a town only a couple miles from where we live. Every one of the metal boxes represents one county in one state where at least one person was lynched …

It rained through this visit, which seemed very appropriate.

Seven States: Montgomery, AL

Posted on by Ian C.

Back to Alabama and visiting the historically important Montgomery, where we first visited the Rosa Parks Museum. A “time machine bus” presentation did a good job of educating on the history up to the time when [activist] Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat [which we also learned wasn’t even a requirement by law, only by the driver!], followed by a walk-through presentation of the following year which eventually resulted in the end of legal segregation (but of course not full equality).

In the evening we took a walk, including down to the riverfront …