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Apr 25, 2018 · The American South is dotted with the iconography of the Confederacy, says Professor Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI). Alongside the Confederate flags and monuments, however, there is little to mark the history of slavery and its legacy of racial violence.
Jun 7, 2020 · I spoke with Professor, Author, Civil Right Attorney and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative, Bryan Stevenson in 2015 after the release of his book, “Just Mercy”, the true story of his time defending Walter McMillian, who was wrongfully convicted of murder. Today, we amplify his voice and share his story.
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Jan 6, 2024 · Stevenson founded in Montgomery a legal clinic, the Equal Justice Initiative, which made strides on prisoners’ behalf. His legal team won the release of 135 wrongly condemned inmates on death ...
Jun 4, 2020 · Bryan Stevenson, attorney, human rights activist and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, remembers a church trip to Disney World when he was 10. The group he was traveling with stopped at a hotel in South Carolina that offered a chance to swim in a fabulous swimming pool – a treat often denied to African American children in ...
Apr 3, 2015 · In 1999, the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), led by Stevenson, took the case, and in 2002, three gun experts testified that the bullets could not be matched to the weapon. Early last year, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Hinton’s trial attorney had given “constitutionally deficient” representation, and that Hinton should get a ...
Mar 19, 2024 · The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), a non-profit organisation that already runs the Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, seeks to close this gap with the 17 ...
Equal Justice Initiative founder Bryan Stevenson speaks at the 31st annual National Character and Leadership Symposium Feb. 21, 2024. Stevenson focused his message on the nation’s need for leaders willing to stand up against injustice. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Justin Pacheco) By Randy Roughton U.S. Air Force Academy Strategic Communications
