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When Bryan Stevenson<\/span> moved to Montgomery, Alabama, in the 1980s, the city\u2014one of America\u2019s most prominent slave trading spaces before the Civil War\u2014had dozens of Confederate monuments and memorials, but nothing commemorating slavery.\u00a0<\/p>

Read more The Federal Government Has Made America 250 a Spectacle. These States Want It to Be a Moment for Reflection.<\/a><\/p>\n

Today, thanks to Stevenson\u2019s efforts, the city looks much different. Over the last decade, the executive director of the nonprofit Equal Justice Initiative has transformed parts of Montgomery through markers acknowledging the legacy of slavery while building the Legacy Sites, a museum and memorials that commemorate the nation\u2019s history of lynching, enslavement, and racial terror across the South.\u00a0<\/p>

Read more America is 250 Years Old. Have You Ever Read the Declaration of Independence?<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to now fight to correct the historic record, to have an honest accounting of what happened to our parents and grandparents and their parents,\u201d Stevenson says. \u201cBecause without an honest accounting, we will not make it to the next step.\u201d<\/p>\n

This week on Reveal<\/em>, host Al Letson travels to Montgomery to interview Stevenson as America marks its 250th anniversary. He talks about the importance of memorializing the nation\u2019s darkest chapters as the Trump administration attempts to erase slavery from America\u2019s museums and explains why he sees today\u2019s narrative struggle for racial justice as a generational battle.<\/p>

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