Thousands of black people in America were murdered between the end of the Civil War in 1865 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Some were hanged or shot. Others were beaten to death or burned alive. The attacks were called lynchings. Most of the murders took place in the American South. More than six million African-Americans fled north as a result. Very few of the killers were officially charged with the lynchings. Those who were charged were rarely punished. Now, a memorial has opened in Montgomery, Alabama, to remember that dark time in American history. The National Memorial for Peace and Justice is a project of the nonprofit Equal Justice Initiative. The organization says the site is the nation’s first to document racial inequality in America from slavery to the issues of today.
Title: Lynching Memorial Open in US
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2530/lynching_memorial.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Lynching Memorial Open in US' data-article-id='3060'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='14458'>Thousands of black people in America were murdered between the end of the Civil War in 1865 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964.</span> <span data-start-time='14458' data-end-time='18167'>Some were hanged or shot.</span> <span data-start-time='18167' data-end-time='22604'>Others were beaten to death or burned alive.</span> <span data-start-time='22604' data-end-time='26979'>The attacks were called lynchings.</span> <span data-start-time='26979' data-end-time='32646'>Most of the murders took place in the American South.</span> <span data-start-time='32646' data-end-time='40479'>More than six million African-Americans fled north as a result.</span> <span data-start-time='40479' data-end-time='47333'>Very few of the killers were officially charged with the lynchings.</span> <span data-start-time='47333' data-end-time='51979'>Those who were charged were rarely punished.</span> <span data-start-time='51979' data-end-time='63292'>Now, a memorial has opened in Montgomery, Alabama, to remember that dark time in American history.</span> <span data-start-time='63292' data-end-time='73750'>The National Memorial for Peace and Justice is a project of the nonprofit Equal Justice Initiative.</span> <span data-start-time='73750' data-end-time='88125'>The organization says the site is the nation’s first to document racial inequality in America from slavery to the issues of today.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2530/lynching_memorial.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=10667 data-hint-location='22604' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2530/what_does_lynch_mean.m4a'>What does lynch mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='kill without legal authority'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2530/murder_for_justice.m4a'><span>murder for justice</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2530/kill_without_legal_authority.m4a'><span>kill without legal authority</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2530/racial_segregation.m4a'><span>racial segregation</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2530/hang_to_death.m4a'><span>hang to death</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=10668 data-hint-location='26979' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2530/where_did_most_of_the_murders_take_place.m4a'>Where did most of the murders take place?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='in the South'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2530/north_of_alabama.m4a'><span>north of Alabama</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2530/in_the_south.m4a'><span>in the South</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2530/in_new_colonies.m4a'><span>in new colonies</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2530/in_africa.m4a'><span>in Africa</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=10669 data-hint-location='47333' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2530/those_who_were_charged_were__blank_.m4a'>Those who were charged were <span class='blank'>rarely punished</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='rarely punished'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2530/taken_north.m4a'><span>taken north</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2530/sentenced_to_prison.m4a'><span>sentenced to prison</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2530/rarely_punished.m4a'><span>rarely punished</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2530/celebrated.m4a'><span>celebrated</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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