The history of slavery in America is the focus of a new sculpture park in Montgomery, Alabama. The Freedom Monument Sculpture Park honors the millions of people who endured slavery's brutality.
“Black Renaissance,” by Rayvenn D’Clark, bronze, 2023, during a media tour of Equal Justice Initiative’s new Freedom Monument Sculpture Park, Tuesday, March 12, 2024, in Montgomery, Ala. A view of the entry during a media tour of Equal Justice Initiative’s new Freedom Monument Sculpture Park, Tuesday, March 12, 2024, in Montgomery, Ala.
“I do see it as a truth-telling space, a place where we can confront parts of our history and paths that are not usually taught,” he said. But he also believes it is ultimately a “hopeful place.” The sculpture park includes major pieces from artists including Simone Leigh. Leigh’s Brick House, a 16-foot-tall bronze bust of a Black woman, sits as a formidable presence of strength at the entrance to the garden.
Alison Saar, a Los Angeles-based sculptor, has a piece featured in the garden that “addresses escaped slaves and their ability to survive and thrive on their own,” she said. Visitors can walk up, find their family name and touch it while seeing their own faces reflected in the polished granite — an experience Stevenson himself went through recently as more of the names were inscribed in the stone.
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