The National Memorial for Peace and Justice The National Memorial for Peace and Justice was constructed to memorialise the history of not only lynching incidents, but the terror and trauma this sanctioned violence against the black community created, in an effort to reshape the cultural landscape with monuments and memorials that more truthfully and accurately reflect the history. The Memorial for Peace and Justice was conceived with the hope of creating a sober, meaningful site where people can gather and reflect on America’s history of racial inequality EJI partnered with artists like Kwame Akoto-Bamfo whose sculpture on slavery confronts visitors when they first enter the memorial. EJI then leads visitors on a journey from slavery, through lynching and racial terror, with text, narrative, and monuments to the lynching victims in America. In the center of the site, visitors will encounter a memorial square. The memor...