Alabama will see a new monument honoring 4 million enslaved Black people who were emancipated at the end of the Civil War.
Why it matters: The "National Monument to Freedom" expected to be open next year, would mark the closest the U.S. has come to a national monument to the victims of enslavement.
- Advocacy group Equal Justice Initiative announced the project — which will be part of its Legacy Sites — this week.
Details: The 43-foot tall and more than 150-foot long monument will sit near the Alabama River in Montgomery, the EJI said.