Tag: lynching
The Black Cherry Tree Project to Host 2nd Annual Art Exhibition...
By Sym Posey
The Birmingham Times
When a diverse group of creative minds gathered this spring in various locations throughout the Birmingham metro area to highlight...
Official design for Jefferson County Memorial Project unveiled
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
An official design for a monument honoring victims of racial terror violence was unveiled by the Jefferson County Memorial Project...
Equal Justice Initiative Opens New Legacy Museum in Montgomery
eji.org
MONTGOMERY, AL - The Equal Justice Initiative is thrilled to announce the opening of the new Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration in Montgomery, Alabama....
In Upcoming Play, Red Mountain Theatre Addresses Jeffco’s Violent Racial History
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Memorial, one of the four productions in Red Mountain Theatre’s Human Rights New Works Festival (HRNW), will make viewers confront...
Ramsay High grad sheds light on Alabama’s racial violence in new...
By Haley Wilson
The Birmingham Times
Memorial, a play written by Birmingham native Quinton Cockrell, will highlight the “racial violence in Alabama” with its debut at...
Birmingham Unveils First Historical Lynching Marker at Sloss Furnaces
By Ameera Steward
The Birmingham Times
More than 300 people joined members of the Jefferson County Memorial Project (JCMP), city and county officials, residents and civic...
Citizen-led coalition uncovers history of lynching in Jeffco
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Local activist and community organizer T. Marie King noticed a familiar name among the victims of racial terror when she...
Local college students compile forceful report on lynchings in Bham area
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Between the 1880s and 1940, a documented 30 people were lynched or victims of racial terror violence in Jefferson County,...
For Myeisha Hutchinson, conversations about area’s racial past are personal
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
Tracing her family’s history and creating conversation about Jefferson County’s racial past are not easy, but Myeisha Hutchinson won’t be...
Equal Justice Initiative dedicates marker for lynching victims in Tuscaloosa County
Special to The Times
The Equal Justice Initiative this week unveiled a historical marker memorializing eight African American men lynched in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, between 1884...