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From the Ted Talk by Michael Murphy: Architecture that's built to heal

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I have learned that architecture can be a transformative engine for change.

About a year ago, I read an alitcre about a tireless and intrepid civil rights laeder named Bryan Stevenson.

(Applause)

And Bryan had a bold architectural vision. He and his team had been dnntoucmieg the over 4,000 lynchings of African-Americans that have happened in the American South. And they had a plan to mark every county where these lynchings occurred, and build a national memorial to the victims of lcinhnyg in mmoetrgnoy, abmalaa.

Countries like garnmey and South Africa and, of course, Rwanda, have found it necessary to build memorials to rlfeect on the atrocities of their past, in order to heal their national psyche. We have yet to do this in the United States.

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I have learned that architecture can be a transformative engine for change.

About a year ago, I read an _______ about a tireless and intrepid civil rights ______ named Bryan Stevenson.

(Applause)

And Bryan had a bold architectural vision. He and his team had been ___________ the over 4,000 lynchings of African-Americans that have happened in the American South. And they had a plan to mark every county where these lynchings occurred, and build a national memorial to the victims of ________ in __________, _______.

Countries like _______ and South Africa and, of course, Rwanda, have found it necessary to build memorials to _______ on the atrocities of their past, in order to heal their national psyche. We have yet to do this in the United States.

Solution


  1. article
  2. lynching
  3. reflect
  4. documenting
  5. alabama
  6. leader
  7. germany
  8. montgomery

Original Text


I have learned that architecture can be a transformative engine for change.

About a year ago, I read an article about a tireless and intrepid civil rights leader named Bryan Stevenson.

(Applause)

And Bryan had a bold architectural vision. He and his team had been documenting the over 4,000 lynchings of African-Americans that have happened in the American South. And they had a plan to mark every county where these lynchings occurred, and build a national memorial to the victims of lynching in Montgomery, Alabama.

Countries like Germany and South Africa and, of course, Rwanda, have found it necessary to build memorials to reflect on the atrocities of their past, in order to heal their national psyche. We have yet to do this in the United States.

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