DOI: 10.64749/2169-7442.1272 ISSN: 2169-7442

<em>The Legacy Sites: A History of Racial Injustice</em>, by Equal Justice Initiative. Monacelli, 2026. 280 pages. $59.95 ISBN 978-1580937320

Roger Davis Gatchet

Roger Davis Gatchet, a scholar of communication, reviews The Legacy Sites: A History of Racial Injustice, collectively authored by the Equal Justice Initiative with a forward by founder and executive director Bryan Stevenson. Rich with photographs and written for a popular audience, The Legacy Sites offers an accessible history of race relations and the struggle for racial justice in the United States, organized by chapters devoted to three sites in Montgomery, Alabama: the Legacy Museum, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice Museum, and Freedom Monument Sculpture Park. The book’s historical narrative adopts a critical tone that reflects the broader ideological mission of the EJI and the Legacy Sites it oversees—one that emphasizes authentic truth-telling as a necessary first step on the road to reconciliation.