An initiative to promote and support reparative memorialization and research on the histories and ongoing legacies of lynching, race riots, and race massacres across Illinois.

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- 2024 Montgomery Journey
- 2025 Symposium and Workshop
  - 2025 Symposium and Workshop Presenters
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Journey to the Equal Justice Initiative Legacy Sites, Montgomery, Alabama

September 21-22, 2024

Boat launch on the Alabama Rive, point of departure for the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park.

Sponsors and Supporters

Journeys to Justice is primarily funded through an Illinois Innovation Network (IIN) Social Innovation and Impact Seed Grant. IIN supports “projects that translate research into activities that directly affect lives, address complex social problems, build trusted partnerships in the community, demonstrate longer-term engagement or depth of engagement, and are scalable or replicable.”

Additional Support

Conveners

Peter Cole, Western Illinois University Department of History and the Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project

Devin Hunter, University of Illinois Springfield History Department

Lesa Johnson, University of Illinois Springfield Sociology and Anthropology Department

Tandra Taylor, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Institute for Community Justice and Racial Equity

Project Support Team

Isabella Davidsmeyer, Courtney Mason, and Mikalya Rodgers