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EJI is excited to announce today's official launch of Lynching in America, a new interactive digital experience created in partnership with Google. 

Bryan Stevenson's #BriefButSpectacular take on the Justice System and the "narrative of racial difference" that haunts us still.

Construction is underway in Montgomery, Alabama, on the Equal Justice Initiative's new racial justice museum, which will explore America's legacy of slavery, racial terror, segregation, and mass incarceration.

Another great interview with Bryan Stevenson (excerpt): "Part of our work is aimed at trying to re-engage this country with an awareness and understanding of how our history of racial inequality continues to haunt us. I don’t think we’re free in America — I think we’re all burdened by this history of racial injustice, which has created a narrative of racial difference, which has infected us, corrupted us, and allowed us to see the world through this lens. So it becomes necessary to talk about that history if we want to get free."

Bryan Stevenson was interviewed for 5 minutes or more on PBS Newshour last night:

The time when African-Americans were publicly hanged, burned and dismembered for insisting on their rights or for merely talking back to whites is nearer in history than many Americans understand.

ABBEVILLE -- As chants of “we are here” rose from the front lawn of the Abbeville Opera House on Saturday morning, the tragic end to a prominent black man’s life was recast by civil rights leaders as a lesson in the power of conscience.

The susceptibility of black ex-soldiers to extrajudicial murder and assault has long been recognized by historians, but the topic has never received such comprehensive standalone treatment. In the aftermath of Trump’s victory, it seems eerily relevant.

The end of the Civil War marked a new era of racial terror and violence directed at black people in the United States that has not been adequately acknowledged or addressed in this country. Following emancipation in 1865, thousands of freed black men, women, and children were killed by white mobs, former slave owners, and members of the Confederacy who were unwilling to accept the anticipated end of slavery and racial subordination.

The Equal Justice Institute has released a powerful video that unflinchingly explores the racial terror of America.