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The National Memorial for Peace and Justice displays more than 800 steel monuments engraved with the names of more than 4,400 victims of lynchings. Included on the monuments are the names of counties across the United States in which the attacks occurred.

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Archdiocese of Atlanta pilgrimage explores history of racial injustice

Members of the Archdiocese of Atlanta paused in silence as they stood before monuments bearing the names of counties where lynchings took place. The moment of reflection at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice was part of a two-day pilgrimage to Montgomery, Ala., July 1-2.

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