LOCAL TIES: The National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala., houses more than 800 monuments the organization has created, each indicating a county where racial terror lynchings occurred. Fifty-five of North Carolina’s 100 counties are represented, including seven in the westernmost portion of the state: Avery, Buncombe, Haywood, Macon, Polk, Rutherford and Watauga. Photo by Mountain Muse Photography