The Jefferson County Memorial Project (JCMP) recently unveiled the official design for their Linn Park memorial dedicated to victims of racial violence to the Birmingham City Council.

“We’re really really excited so the support of the county and the City of Birmingham is really important to us,” said newly appointed JCMP Executive Director Gina Mallisham in a conversation with the Lede.

The memorial, designed by local engineering firm Goodwin Mills Cawood, will feature a “Reconciliation Spiral” with inner and outer layers that will culminate at “The Jefferson County Memory Jar” according to the JCMP website.

The website says that the spirals will offer a timeline of “interpretive moments” with sections dedicated to slavery, the Civil War, the Reconstruction Era, Jim Crow Laws, Civil Rights, and Mass Incarceration. These moments will run parallel to the stories of the 33 documented individuals who were lynched throughout the county’s history.

Mallisham said the memory jar will have African Adinkra symbols for each of the lynching victims. These symbols originated in Ghana and often represent words with great meaning or spiritual symbolism according to the National Park Service. The concept of the memory jar itself was brought to the United States by African slaves over 200 years ago according to the Smithsonian Museum.