Alabama Men’s Basketball Spends the Afternoon in Montgomery at the Equal Justice Initiative
8/27/2021 6:13:00 PM | Men's Basketball
The Crimson Tide toured Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice before ending the day hearing from EJI founder and executive director Bryan Stevenson
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Alabama men's basketball team traveled to Montgomery, Ala., and spent the afternoon at the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI). While there, both players and staff were able to tour Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, before ending the day hearing from and asking questions of EJI founder and executive director Bryan Stevenson.
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice commemorates African men, women and children who were lynched in the United States, while Legacy Museum displays the history of racism and slavery in American.
As a non-profit organization, EJI has led an initiative that is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States. Under Stevenson's leadership, EJI has won major legal challenges, exonerating innocent death row prisoners, confronting abuse of the incarcerated and the mentally ill, and aiding children prosecuted as adults.
Head Coach Nate Oats Comments
"Our program had the privilege of spending this afternoon visiting the Legacy Museum & National Memorial for Peace and Justice. It was a very educating and moving experience both for the players and the staff. We were also very fortunate to have time with Bryan Stevenson today, who is an impressive and fascinating person. The work he's doing is inspiring and his heart to help others is evident. This will be a day that our program will never forget."
About Legacy Museum
- Located on the site of a former warehouse where African-American people were enslaved in Montgomery, Ala.
- Uses interactive media, sculpture, videography and exhibits to immerse visitors in the sights and sounds of the domestic slave trade, racial terrorism, the Jim Crow South and the world's largest prison system
- Compelling visuals and data-rich exhibits provide a one-of-a-kind opportunity to investigate America's history of racial injustice and its legacy — to draw dynamic connections across generations of Americans impacted by the tragic history of racial inequality
About The National Memorial for Peace and Justice
- The first-ever national memorial acknowledging the victims of racial terror lynchings
- Located on a six-acre site atop a rise overlooking Montgomery, the national lynching memorial is a sacred space for truth-telling and reflection about racial terror in America and its legacy
- Honors the more than 4,400 African-American men, women and children who were lynched and beaten to death by white mobs between 1877 and 1950
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