At the Legacy Museum, facing America’s racist past is a path, not a punishment

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March 26, 2026

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Bryan Stevenson stands beside jars that hold dirt collected from sites where Black people were lynched. He is the founder of the Equal Justice Initiative and the author of <em>Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption</em>.

“There is an America that is more free — where there’s more equality, where there is more justice, where there is less bigotry — and I think it’s waiting for us,” says lawyer Bryan Stevenson.