Equal Justice Initiative founder and CEO Bryan Stevenson speaks with NBC News’ Lester Holt about the new sculpture park in Montgomery, Alabama. A new monument honors the lives of 10 million Black people who were enslaved in America.
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For civil rights attorney and renowned social justice activist Bryan Stevenson, it’s not enough to know the history of slavery and the centuries-old struggles of Black people in America. He wants people to see it. Feel it. Touch it.
A new park in Montgomery, Alabama, was conceived to do just that, as visitors of the breathtaking Freedom Monument Sculpture Park will be treated to “an immersive experience” along 17 acres above the Alabama River, which was a primary route to transport enslaved Africans during the slave trade.
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