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Montgomery lynching memorial

A new museum and memorial in Montgomery, Alabama, is expected to open in 2017 for America to confront its history of slavery. The Memorial to Peace and Justice would be the biggest and most comprehensive memorial for the thousands of people who were lynched. Equal Justice Initiative founder and executive director Bryan Stevenson, whose organization has helped spare the lives of more than 115 wrongfully-condemned death row prisoners, joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss his latest project.

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Alabama's attorney general pledged to join other states to fight a new Obama administration directive

Alabama's attorney general pledged to join other states to fight a new Obama administration directive. It requires public schools to give transgender students access to bathrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity. The governor of Arkansas told his state's schools to defy the directive. Manuel Bojorquez reports from Fort Worth, Texas with more on the bathroom backlash in that state.

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