Premiere: The Empty Saddle: Remembering Samuel Johnson

The film by Andrew Sherwood from the New Jersey Social Justice Remembrance coalition documenting the process to commemorate the lynching of Samuel Johnson in 1886 in Eatontown will be premiering at the Garden State Film Festival. Click here to purchase tickets.

EJI 2018 History of Racial Injustice Calendar

 At a time when a more informed discussion of our nation’s history of racial inequality is clearly needed, EJI is pleased to announce this year’s calendar, which contains facts and images about our history that are not well known but are critically...

Lynching in America: Targeting Black Veterans

Fighting for their country in virtually every war in which the United States was involved did not protect African American veterans once they returned home.  The Equal Justice Initiative has produced a history of African American participation in the military and the...