The first monument in the United States honoring the victims of lynching has been expanded to cover the stories of over 2,000 more people
opened its new Legacy Pavilion on Saturday -- just in time to welcome visitors to the Alabama state capitol for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday weekend.The Legacy Pavilion features a new memorial recognizing more than 2,000 men, women and children who were lynched immediately after the Civil War and during Reconstruction.
It includes exhibits honoring civil rights heroes, including King, Claudette Colvin, John Lewis, Rosa Parks, Jonathan Daniels, Jo Ann Robinson, and E.D. Nixon, according to the Equal Justice Initiative's website.
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