my name is Ola Ray arthur-mensah I am here in Montgomery

the opening of The Legacy Museum and the lynching Memorial I'm not sure what I want to

put into words my my family is from North Carolina from Sampson County Clinton North Carolina

spend many summer fair with my great-grandmother on her farm and that didn't grow up

it was also home to me and most of my family still lives down there

the feeling I had with visiting my family in North Carolina to the feeling I have when I

Montgomery I'm going to see the dirt the store it brings fond memories

different souls and Spirits when I come down south as well and I connect that to a different ancestors

the lynching Memorial I mean I know that it's not called that but that's how

a bit of an outer body experience from me as I walk through the

a marker for Sampson County and saw that two there were two documented lynchings in Sampson

Sampson County I I don't know how to feel how I felt angry I felt hurt

in that space to honor all those that came before me

stories being from up North all with her stories about bounce out and how it's dangerous for any Black

really be around by ourselves walk around experiencing

I feel quotes about people when I'm here and there the reference

places like Montgomery or North Carolina so

for the opportunity to share my experience while I'm here

Storybooth Montgomery

L'Rai Arthur-Mensah