The end of Reconstruction and its continuing effects
The debate over Reconstruction and the Freedmen’s Bureau was nationwide. This 1866…
Equal Justice Initiative
First lynching memorial marker to document local history of racial violence
By Attorney Jacqueline Hubbard, President, ASALH ST. PETERSBURG — A coalition of…
Racial terrorism in America
By Attorney Jacqueline Hubbard, President, ASALH The word “terror” is…
The Equal Justice Initiative and what it has taught us
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, which opened to the public on April 26,…
Monroe Nathan Work: An unsung hero of lynching history
Monroe Nathan Work By Attorney Jacqueline Hubbard, President, ASALH It is incredible how…
Lynching as a system of terror in America
Teenager Jesse Washington was lynched and burned in Waco, Texas, on May 15, 1916. By…
From enslavement to mass incarceration
By Gwendolyn Reese, Contributor MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Recently, I was in Montgomery,…