Etched in memory: Pilgrimage to Montgomery honors local lynching victim


The simplicity of the 800 blocks representing the counties where people were lynched makes the Equal Justice Initiative’s National Memorial for Peace and Justice all the more profound.
Photo Eze Amos

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