![]() The other was National Memorial for Peace and Justice, dedicated to the legacy of enslaved black people and people terrorized and murdered by lynching. One was the Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration, a museum located in a former warehouse where black people were enslaved in downtown Montgomery, Alabama. In April 2018, EJI opened two new facilities. Ten miles from here, black people were pulled from their homes and lynched and nobody talks about it." This is a nod to the fact that years after this movie takes place, during the 2000s, Stevenson's organization the Equal Justice Initiative expanded its mission although it continues to provide legal defense and advocacy for prisoners on death row, children in adult prisons, people who have been wrongfully convicted, and others in need of defense, they also started to memorialize the history of slavery and lynching in America. ![]() Bryan says to Eva, "Nobody wants to remember that this is where thousands of enslaved people were shipped in and paraded up the street to be sold. ![]() ![]() In one scene, Bryan and Eva are sitting on the banks of the Alabama River watching a recreation of a 19th-century riverboat (the Harriott) sail by. ![]()
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