John Lewis
Produced by Equal Justice Initiative A 25-year-old John Lewis led marchers across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, attempting to reach Montomery on March 7, 1965, which came to be…
Dedication of Montgomery Square
Equal Justice Initiative – eji.org On March 31, 2026, hundreds of people joined EJI for the dedication of Montgomery Square in Montgomery, Alabama. An addition to the Legacy Sites, Montgomery…
Medgar Evers
Civil rights activist Medgar Evers was born on July 2, 1925, in Decatur, Mississippi. In 1954, he became the first state field secretary of the NAACP in Mississippi. As such,…
Keep In The Race, Don’t Give Up
The Holy Bible tells you, and man’s experience has always demonstrated it, that “The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.” You are fearful that…
Dr. John Hope Franklin
Dr. Franklin is best known for his book From Slavery To Freedom published in 1947. He received more than one hundred honorary degrees from colleges and universities and in 1995…
Why Build a Lynching Memorial? (Video)
For More Information See Link Below: Equal Justice Initiative – https://www.eji.org EJI’s national memorial to victims of lynching and museum on the legacy of slavery and racial inequality are on…
Barbara Charline Jordan – 1976 Democratic National Convention (Video)
Keynote address delivered by Representative Jordan 1976 Democratic National Convention.