The Alabama Strategy

Executive & Artistic Director of The More Up Campus

On the site of a cotton warehouse where enslaved Black people were forced to labor in bondage, the Legacy Museum tells the story of slavery in America and its legacy through interactive media, first-person narratives, world-class art, and data-rich exhibits.

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Travel through a comprehensive history of the destructive violence that shaped our nation, from the slave trade, to the era of Jim Crow and racial terror lynchings, to our current mass incarceration crisis.

The erection of the “Mothers of Gynecology” monument honors the sacrifice of Anarcha, Lucy, and Betsey, the enslaved experimental subjects of J. Marion Sims. The Monument acts as a first step toward teaching and reimagining the true story of the nation, facing the injustice of the past and honoring the courage of overlooked heroes.

On a hilltop overlooking Montgomery is the nation’s first comprehensive memorial dedicated to the legacy of Black Americans who were enslaved, terrorized by lynching, humiliated by racial segregation, and presumed guilty and dangerous.

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More than 4,400 Black people killed in racial terror lynchings between 1877 and 1950 are remembered here. Their names are engraved on more than 800 corten steel monuments—one for each county where a racial terror lynching took place—that form the main structure of the memorial at the heart of this six-acre site.

The site that once held a dark history, where enslaved men, women, and children suffered in the name of healthcare is now the home of a painting by Robert Thom, featuring the Mothers, in the backyard of a Negro Hospital located at 33 Perry Street.

At this 17-acre site along the very river where tens of thousands of enslaved people were trafficked, breathtaking art and original artifacts invite an immersive, interactive journey and provide a unique view into the lives of enslaved people.

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Listen to Muscogee family stories as they were told centuries ago on this very spot. Step inside a train car like those used to traffic enslaved people to Montgomery as you hear trains pass on nearby tracks originally laid by enslaved people. Stand before an authentic dwelling inhabited by enslaved people and marvel at sculptures created from bricks made by enslaved artisans.

More Than A Horse Farm sits on 17 acres of land on the Selma to Montgomery Trail and consists of 7 rescue horses, 5 dogs, 6 cats and 2 rabbits.  We use art, history, and horseback riding as resources to heal children and mature riders. 

Here in Montgomery, Alabama,  people with extraordinary courage and determination stood up against racial injustice and sparked a movement that transformed our country and the world.

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Deepen your understanding of the civil rights struggle from the start of the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955 to the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery that led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act.