The Legacy Sites
@legacysites.eji.org
A museum, memorial, and monument in Montgomery, Alabama, dedicated to documenting our country’s history of racial injustice. Created by @eji.org
Book your stay and reservations at the hotel's new restaurant, AYA Soulful Dining here: www.elevationhotel.com/
October 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Book your stay and reservations at the hotel's new restaurant, AYA Soulful Dining here: www.elevationhotel.com/
Last week we announced the phase one opening of Elevation in Montgomery, Alabama.
Elevation is a research center, convening space, art gallery, and theater with overnight accommodations which was designed to complement and enrich the experience for anyone coming to visit our Legacy Sites.
Elevation is a research center, convening space, art gallery, and theater with overnight accommodations which was designed to complement and enrich the experience for anyone coming to visit our Legacy Sites.
October 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Last week we announced the phase one opening of Elevation in Montgomery, Alabama.
Elevation is a research center, convening space, art gallery, and theater with overnight accommodations which was designed to complement and enrich the experience for anyone coming to visit our Legacy Sites.
Elevation is a research center, convening space, art gallery, and theater with overnight accommodations which was designed to complement and enrich the experience for anyone coming to visit our Legacy Sites.
The Memorial Garden and Legacy Plaza are spaces for visitors to reflect on and process what they've experienced at the Legacy Sites. And now, they are in full bloom.
Plan your visit to the Legacy Sites today: legacysites.eji.org
Plan your visit to the Legacy Sites today: legacysites.eji.org
October 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
The Memorial Garden and Legacy Plaza are spaces for visitors to reflect on and process what they've experienced at the Legacy Sites. And now, they are in full bloom.
Plan your visit to the Legacy Sites today: legacysites.eji.org
Plan your visit to the Legacy Sites today: legacysites.eji.org
Our Transatlantic Slave Trade exhibit features sculptures by Kwame Akoto-Bamfo in remembrance of more than 12 million African men, women, and children who were kidnapped and sold into slavery in the Americas.
Plan your visit to the Legacy Museum today: legacysites.eji.org
Plan your visit to the Legacy Museum today: legacysites.eji.org
October 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Our Transatlantic Slave Trade exhibit features sculptures by Kwame Akoto-Bamfo in remembrance of more than 12 million African men, women, and children who were kidnapped and sold into slavery in the Americas.
Plan your visit to the Legacy Museum today: legacysites.eji.org
Plan your visit to the Legacy Museum today: legacysites.eji.org
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice overlooks a hilltop in Montgomery. It is the nation's first comprehensive memorial dedicated to the legacy of Black Americans who were enslaved, terrorized by lynching, humiliated by racial segregation, and presumed guilty and dangerous.
September 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice overlooks a hilltop in Montgomery. It is the nation's first comprehensive memorial dedicated to the legacy of Black Americans who were enslaved, terrorized by lynching, humiliated by racial segregation, and presumed guilty and dangerous.
"Hallow" by Daniel Popper at Freedom Monument Sculpture Park.
Plan your visit to the Legacy Sites here: legacysites.eji.org
Plan your visit to the Legacy Sites here: legacysites.eji.org
September 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"Hallow" by Daniel Popper at Freedom Monument Sculpture Park.
Plan your visit to the Legacy Sites here: legacysites.eji.org
Plan your visit to the Legacy Sites here: legacysites.eji.org
"If we have the courage and tenacity of our forebears, who stood firmly like a rock against the lash of slavery, we shall find a way to do for our day what they did for theirs." — Mary McLeod Bethune
September 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"If we have the courage and tenacity of our forebears, who stood firmly like a rock against the lash of slavery, we shall find a way to do for our day what they did for theirs." — Mary McLeod Bethune
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice opened in 2018. It is a sacred space for truth telling and reflection about racial terrorism and its legacy.
In 2022, we expanded the National Memorial to include a "Community Reckoning" section.
In 2022, we expanded the National Memorial to include a "Community Reckoning" section.
August 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice opened in 2018. It is a sacred space for truth telling and reflection about racial terrorism and its legacy.
In 2022, we expanded the National Memorial to include a "Community Reckoning" section.
In 2022, we expanded the National Memorial to include a "Community Reckoning" section.
"Praying Hands" by Samuel Kumi at Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in Montgomery, Alabama.
Plan your visit to the Legacy Sites at the link in bio.
Plan your visit to the Legacy Sites at the link in bio.
August 21, 2025 at 11:04 PM
"Praying Hands" by Samuel Kumi at Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in Montgomery, Alabama.
Plan your visit to the Legacy Sites at the link in bio.
Plan your visit to the Legacy Sites at the link in bio.
“I had been pushed around all my life and felt at this moment that I couldn’t take it any more.” - Rosa Parks recalling that she didn't refuse to give up her seat on December 1, 1955 because she was tired. She did it because she was tired of giving in.
August 14, 2025 at 11:39 PM
“I had been pushed around all my life and felt at this moment that I couldn’t take it any more.” - Rosa Parks recalling that she didn't refuse to give up her seat on December 1, 1955 because she was tired. She did it because she was tired of giving in.
"Breaking Bondage" by Farai Tigere Tandi at Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in Montgomery, Alabama.
Plan your visit to the Legacy Sites here: legacysites.eji.org
Plan your visit to the Legacy Sites here: legacysites.eji.org
August 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Breaking Bondage" by Farai Tigere Tandi at Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in Montgomery, Alabama.
Plan your visit to the Legacy Sites here: legacysites.eji.org
Plan your visit to the Legacy Sites here: legacysites.eji.org
Wretha Hudson, 73, discovers a marker commemorating lynchings in Lee County, Texas, where her father's family lived before Alabama, while visiting the National Memorial For Peace And Justice.
Plan your visit to the Memorial, and the other Legacy Sites here: legacysites.eji.org
Plan your visit to the Memorial, and the other Legacy Sites here: legacysites.eji.org
July 31, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Wretha Hudson, 73, discovers a marker commemorating lynchings in Lee County, Texas, where her father's family lived before Alabama, while visiting the National Memorial For Peace And Justice.
Plan your visit to the Memorial, and the other Legacy Sites here: legacysites.eji.org
Plan your visit to the Memorial, and the other Legacy Sites here: legacysites.eji.org
Visitors engage with the jars of soil at the Legacy Museum, each one memorializing a Black victim who lost their life to racial terror violence.
Plan your visit to the Legacy Sites here: legacysites.eji.org
Plan your visit to the Legacy Sites here: legacysites.eji.org
July 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Visitors engage with the jars of soil at the Legacy Museum, each one memorializing a Black victim who lost their life to racial terror violence.
Plan your visit to the Legacy Sites here: legacysites.eji.org
Plan your visit to the Legacy Sites here: legacysites.eji.org
"Waiting for Auction" by Vinnie Bagwell at Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in Montgomery, Alabama.
Plan your visit to the Legacy Sites here: legacysites.eji.org
Plan your visit to the Legacy Sites here: legacysites.eji.org
July 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"Waiting for Auction" by Vinnie Bagwell at Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in Montgomery, Alabama.
Plan your visit to the Legacy Sites here: legacysites.eji.org
Plan your visit to the Legacy Sites here: legacysites.eji.org
EJI is delighted to welcome all those joining us for Juneteenth today. We will be offering free admission to The Legacy Museum, National Memorial for Peace and Justice, and Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in honor of Juneteenth.
June 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
EJI is delighted to welcome all those joining us for Juneteenth today. We will be offering free admission to The Legacy Museum, National Memorial for Peace and Justice, and Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in honor of Juneteenth.
In celebration of Juneteenth, EJl is offering free admission to the Legacy Sites tomorrow. Visit the Legacy Museum, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, and the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in downtown Montgomery. No tickets required for entry. Plan your visit at legacysites.eji.org
June 18, 2025 at 10:33 PM
In celebration of Juneteenth, EJl is offering free admission to the Legacy Sites tomorrow. Visit the Legacy Museum, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, and the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in downtown Montgomery. No tickets required for entry. Plan your visit at legacysites.eji.org
The Legacy Sites are still open following a rare winter storm in Alabama.
January 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The Legacy Sites are still open following a rare winter storm in Alabama.
In Two Canoe, by Wangechi Mutu, at Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in Montgomery, Alabama. [Photo by Human Pictures]
December 31, 2024 at 4:15 PM
In Two Canoe, by Wangechi Mutu, at Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in Montgomery, Alabama. [Photo by Human Pictures]
Hundreds of jars of soil memorializing people killed in racial terror lynchings across the U.S., on display at the Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama.
December 30, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Hundreds of jars of soil memorializing people killed in racial terror lynchings across the U.S., on display at the Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama.
Tree Souls, by Alison Saar, at Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in Montgomery, Alabama.
December 29, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Tree Souls, by Alison Saar, at Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in Montgomery, Alabama.
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, which commemorates thousands of African American victims of racial terror lynchings, includes a reflection space honoring anti-lynching crusader and pioneering journalist Ida B. Wells.
“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.”
“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.”
December 27, 2024 at 4:15 PM
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, which commemorates thousands of African American victims of racial terror lynchings, includes a reflection space honoring anti-lynching crusader and pioneering journalist Ida B. Wells.
“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.”
“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.”
More than 100,000 names representing millions of Black families are engraved on the National Monument to Freedom in Montgomery, Alabama, forging a connection to the courage, strength, and resilience of ancestors.
December 26, 2024 at 4:15 PM
More than 100,000 names representing millions of Black families are engraved on the National Monument to Freedom in Montgomery, Alabama, forging a connection to the courage, strength, and resilience of ancestors.
Featuring world-class art, first-person narratives, and interactive exhibits, the Legacy Museum tells the story of slavery in America and examines its legacy. Plan your visit at legacysites.eji.org
December 25, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Featuring world-class art, first-person narratives, and interactive exhibits, the Legacy Museum tells the story of slavery in America and examines its legacy. Plan your visit at legacysites.eji.org
More than 4,400 Black people killed in racial terror lynchings between 1877 and 1950 are remembered at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama.
December 24, 2024 at 4:15 PM
More than 4,400 Black people killed in racial terror lynchings between 1877 and 1950 are remembered at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama.
Overlooking the Alabama River, Freedom Monument Sculpture Park honors the lives and memories of the 10 million Black people who were enslaved in America, and celebrates their courage and resilience.
December 23, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Overlooking the Alabama River, Freedom Monument Sculpture Park honors the lives and memories of the 10 million Black people who were enslaved in America, and celebrates their courage and resilience.