name is Cher dead man I am here because my

Lynch in 1912 in Shreveport Louisiana so I'm here in Montgomery

the opening or furthest opening of clenching Museum

Justice Memorial but obviously there are reasons that I'm going to take to calling it

and Museum it's a pretty amazing being here in Montgomery Alabama

in my wildest dreams that I think I'd be here I've been

about my grandfather was born in Shreveport Louisiana he was 6 when his family had to

of the lynching and I don't know I have so

thoughts in terms of why you know why is Museum still needs to exist

issues of hate in this country and why people like me who

in Oakland California and I had such fear ever stepping foot

now that I'm here I think about the impact of hate in terms of you know how

a sense of Courage being here feeling the courage of the people

know terrorism the people who left because that's just a scary leaving something that you

see that with abusive relationships you see how people sometimes it's easier stay when you

the unknown and so the courage of our people who stayed the courage of our people who left the courage of our

fought I feel it in my soul here I'll be real

created the space where I feel welcome in a place I never ever thought

appreciate that and I also before I get off I'm going to say that

on this phone so I didn't feel Minato maker I just thought that maybe and it's called you in

the reason why I'm bringing this up is because I have been sort of struggling with this

know why it's important to see this film and even

made it because I've dealt with so much displacement and I can definitely know it was I

tie it into the overall experience of what it means to be African-American and

this chronic displacement why we are these for lack of a better phrase American Gypsies

to me and that is connecting lynching two modern-day gentrification

a story of our economic struggle our struggle for racial

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Shirah Dedman