The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, which opened to the public on April 26, 2018, is the nation’s first memorial dedicated to the legacy of enslaved black people, people terrorized by lynching, African Americans humiliated by racial segregation and Jim Crow, and people of color burdened with contemporary presumptions of guilt and police violence.
Vor etwa 370.000 Jahren hatte der homo erectus bilzingslebenensis seinen Lagerplatz am Nordrand des Thüringer Beckens, in der heutigen Gemeinde Bilzingsleben, im Landkreis Sömmerda. Er gehört zu den frühesten Menschenfunden in Mittel- und Nordwesteuropa.