The Legacy Sites

Montgomery Square is now open. Visit and learn more: montgomerysquare.eji.org

"Reaching for Warmer Suns" by Kiyan Williams at Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in Montgomery, Alabama. Plan your visit: legacysites.eji.org/

Experience an unforgettable journey through American history at EJI's Legacy Sites. Plan your visit: legacysites.eji.org

Breathtaking art and original artifacts bring to life the history of the 10 million Black people who were enslaved in America. The National Monument to Freedom—displaying over 100,000 names of formerly enslaved Black people—is the heart of this space. Plan your visit: legacysites.eji.org

170-year-old plantation dwellings sit at Freedom Monument Sculpture Park, located on the banks of the Alabama River. Artifacts, like these dwellings, help visitors understand both the brutality of enslavement and the humanity of the enslaved. Plan your visit today: legacysites.eji.org/visit/

“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).

We are excited to present "The Legacy of Slavery in America" as part of the Edinburgh International Festival this year. The exhibition displays an abridged version of our Legacy Museum in Montgomery, and is the first international exhibition for EJI.

“Grounded in the Stars” by Thomas J. Price stands atop Elevation Convening Center and Hotel in Montgomery, Alabama. Plan your visit to the Legacy Sites, and your stay at Elevation: legacysites.eji.org/visit/

The National Memorial for Peace and Justice is a sacred space for truth telling and reflection about racial terrorism and its legacy. Plan your visit: legacysites.eji.org

Bryan Stevenson joined the New York Times's Ezra Klein for a discussion about reckoning with our history as a required step towards creating an era of truth and justice in America on the nation's 250th anniversary. Watch the episode: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/03/o...

"I want to be a great American, like my enslaved foreparents." To reflect on our nation's 250th anniversary, Bryan Stevenson joined Ezra Klein from the New York Times to discuss what it truly means to be a great American. Watch the episode: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/03/o...

To mark America’s 250th anniversary, @alletson.bsky.social traveled to Montgomery, Alabama, to speak with Bryan Stevenson, whose museum and memorials commemorating slavery and lynching compel us to look squarely at the nation’s past. Listen to the full episode here: bit.ly/44dFUJ9

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “If I think about America, if I try to reduce it to something: It’s a place for everybody who wants better, who believes in equality, who believes in justice, who believes in fairness, who believes in opportunity,” Bryan Stevenson tells Ezra Klein.

Watch Bryan Stevenson in discussion with the New York Times's Ezra Klein on what it means to reflect on our history on America's 250th anniversary as we continue to push for an era of truth and justice.

We look forward to seeing you soon! Plan your visit:

Join us this Juneteenth (Friday, June 19) at the Legacy Sites. We are offering free admission in honor of the holiday and hope you will join us at all four Legacy Sites—The Legacy Museum, The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, Freedom Monument Sculpture Park, and Montgomery Square.

Juneteenth at the Legacy Sites. Reckoning with our nation's history. youtube.com/shorts/QTp67...

Join us at the Legacy Sites to celebrate this Juneteenth. Admission to all four of the Legacy Sites will be completely free. We hope to see you there!

Visit Montgomery Square, EJI's newest Legacy Site that tells the story of the Montgomery decade that changed the world, 1955-1965. Montgomery Square is open from 9am to 6pm, find more information here: montgomerysquare.eji.org/about/

Visiting Montgomery, Alabama? Montgomery Square is a must-see. EJI's newest Legacy Site tells the story of the Montgomery decade that changed the world. Plan your visit: montgomerysquare.eji.org/about/

“We have come too far to turn around now.” Bryan Stevenson at the dedication of Montgomery Square. EJI's newest Legacy Site, Montgomery Square, tells the story of the Montgomery decade that changed the world, 1955-1965. Learn more and visit: montgomerysquare.eji.org/

Visiting Montgomery, Alabama? Montgomery Square is a must-see. EJI's newest Legacy Site tells the story of the Montgomery decade that changed the world. Plan your visit: montgomerysquare.eji.org/about/

Visiting Montgomery, Alabama? Montgomery Square is a must-see. EJI's newest Legacy Site tells the story of the Montgomery decade that changed the world. Plan your visit: montgomerysquare.eji.org/about/

EJI gathered with civil rights leaders and community members to dedicate Montgomery Square, our newest addition to the Legacy Sites, which tells the story of the Montgomery decade that changed the world.

We were thrilled to dedicate Montgomery Square, the newest addition to the Legacy Sites, in the presence of civil rights leaders and foot soldiers. Music of freedom songs filled the air. Learn more and visit: montgomerysquare.eji.org

“We have come too far to turn around now.” Bryan Stevenson at the dedication of Montgomery Square on March 31, 2026.

We are thrilled to be welcoming visionary jazz artists Nate Smith and Lizz Wright to Montgomery for a one-night-only concert in Montgomery on Juneteenth. Get your tickets today!

The Legacy Museum is situated on the site of an old cotton warehouse—it invites visitors to reckon with our history of racial injustice exactly where that very history was lived. Plan your visit, engage with history, and begin an era of truth telling: legacysites.eji.org

“If people do not know their history, they are liable to repeat it." Bryan Stevenson on the importance of facing our past honestly, the power of hope, and the opportunities that emerge when you stand with condemned and disfavored people. @edwardluce.bsky.social @ftweekend.com