Celebrate Black History Month with ABWA
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Join ABWA as we celebrate Black History Month at the Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama.
On Saturday, February 23rd, we will first visit The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration which is an 11,000-square-foot museum built on the site of a former warehouse where enslaved black people were imprisoned. During this self-guided tour, we will experience rarely seen first-person accounts of the domestic slave trade, exhibits on lynching and recently composed content on segregation and much more.
Next we will visit The Memorial for Peace and Justice. During this tour we will take a journey from slavery, through lynching and racial terror, with text, narrative, and monuments to the lynching victims in America. The memorial journey ends with contemporary issues of police violence and racially biased criminal justice expressed in a final work created by Hank Willis Thomas.
We will round off our Saturday evening with a pre-fix style dinner at a notable Montgomery restaurant.
The total price for this trip: $55 for adults and $45 for children. This price includes entry into the museum, the memorial and dinner. The price does NOT include flight or hotel accommodations. Please find the recommended hotel selections and pricing below.
We look forward to seeing all of you and experiencing this journey into our history together!
Hotel Recommendations:
Renaissance Montgomery Hotel - 4 minute walk to the Legacy Museum
201 Tallapoosa St.| Montgomery, AL
334-481-5000
Standard King or Queen room - $269.05 (this includes tax and hotel fees)
Doubletree by the Hilton - 7 min walk to the Legacy Museum
120 Madison Ave | Montgomery AL
334-245-2320
2 double beds - $195 (before tax)
Homewood Suites by the Hilton - 10 min drive to the Legacy Museum
1800 Interstate Park Dr. | Montgomery, AL
334-272-3010
2 beds with living space and kitchenette - $143 (before tax)
Staybridge Suites - 15 min car drive to the Legacy Museum
7800 Eastchase Pkwy | Montgomery, AL
334-277-9383
standard queen - 219.60 (includes tax and hotel fees)
Should you have any questions, email us here.
Organizer ABWA New York
Organizer of Celebrate Black History Month with ABWA
Founded in June 1976, the Association of Black Women Attorneys, Inc. (ABWA) is a non-profit corporation formed to encourage African-American women attorneys in the development and expression of their professional skills and talents. ABWA’s viability has increased over the years as challenges in our profession and our society’s need for legal assistance endure. Our members work in all areas of the legal profession including corporations, law firms, government, not-for-profit organizations, the judiciary and academia.We encourage you to share in our legacy of commitment to the African-American community and to the development of the keepers of this great legacy.
