A forgotten lynching in Atlanta

The National Memorial for Peace and Justice opened last year in Montgomery, Alabama. It recognizes more than 4,000 black people who were lynched between 1877 and 1950. Among them is Thomas Finch.

Dustin Chambers / For WABE

This story was produced in partnership with Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting. Listen to its podcast about Thomas Finch here.

The first countrywide memorial to African American victims of lynching opened last year in downtown Montgomery, Alabama.

While it’s called the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, the site is not government funded. It was built by the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal nonprofit that defends against wrongful convictions and racial discrimination.