Kevin Lee is an editor at Lagniappe and a native of Alabama. He recently visited the National Lynching Memorial (formally called the National Memorial for Peace and Justice) in Montgomery and explored Mobile’s history in that awful story.
He tracked the history of each victim of this brutality in Mobile, and the cumulative effect is powerful in reminding us of the depths of human depravity, the ultimate expression of racism, and man’s bottomless capacity for pure evil.
As the world learns again and again, then forgets, it is easy to overlook the deaths of hundreds or thousands or millions, yet impossible to turn away from the fate of individuals.
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I am glad that the Equal Justice Initiative has created a museum dedicated a museum to the lynchings of black people. It is perfectly placed in Montgomery as the state does very little to highlight its role in the civil rights movement. Most of the civil rights landmarks are operated by private foundations and the Southern Poverty Law Center. The last visit I made to Montgomery was the same day the state passed an immigrant ID law that was later overturned in the courts. It was an ironic moment on my trip; plus ca change, etc.
I found this article deeply disturbing and enlightening. As a child of the north, lynchings were barely a footnote in a post Civil War history class. This museum like the Holocaust Museum are reminders of a horrific past that must never be repeated. People should visit and be shocked and repulsed.
Thank you for sharing this with us! This is an essential part of our history; one that the David Bartons of the world and their acolytes would rather be forgotten forever.
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