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The Legacy Museum
The Equal Justice Initiative, the Montgomery-based non-profit organization that challenges racial injustice and mass incarceration of blacks, sponsors two memorials that spotlight the history of lynching during post-Civil War Reconstruction and Jim Crow ereas. The Legacy Museum on Coosa Street displays horrific photos of the publicized hangings which often drew crowds of spectators. Advance ticket purchases recommended.
334 386-9100
Mon.-Sat. 9 a.m.-7:30 p.m., Sunday 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Closed Tuesdays
This experience may be open for on-site visitation; however, offerings
and/or operating
procedures may have changed due to COVID-19. Please verify details before you go and visit the COVID-19
Resources page
for more information.
Getting There
- 115 Coosa Street
- Montgomery, AL 36104