Congratulations to our Racial Justice Essay Contest Winners!

One of the highlights of 2022 was hosting an awards ceremony for the participants of the Madison County Remembrance Project/Equal Justice Initiative racial justice essay contest at the Huntsville Revisited Museum on July 10.

Students shared from their essays, which examined a racial justice issue, its historical context, and potential solutions for the future. Topics ranged from healthcare inequity to redlining and its lasting effects on housing inequality today. “The future is bright,” says MCRP’s Amy Jackson. “The world will be a better place when this generation is in charge.”

All 9th through 12th-grade public school students in Madison County were eligible to enter this contest. The Equal Justice Initiative judged all submitted essays, and $5,000 in scholarship awards were given.

Huntsville Revisited, located at 2007 North Memorial Parkway, is also home to the jars of soil that the MCRP community has collected over the years. Visitors are welcome to visit Sunday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to view the display, pick up an EJI calendar, and learn more about Huntsville’s history.

Press coverage can be found here.

This goes out to every Black Boy; I want you to know, I see you. I see your soul fighting with history. - April

The ideology of segregation has caused the suffering of numerous people throughout generations. - Nathaniel

Although they knew that Covid was affecting their community larger than any others, the effects of history cannot be easily forgotten when it comes to something as serious as medical treatments and the atrocities of the Tuskegee experiment. - Samantha