Bryan Stevenson

Executive Director, Equal Justice Initiative

Bryan Stevenson appears in the following:

"This Is Always Going To Be What Happened"

Friday, July 03, 2020

So, what happens when a nation commits itself to the task of confronting its history?

Looking Up and Up and Up

Friday, July 03, 2020

Brooke visits a new memorial to the victims of lynching.

How Germany Can Help America Remember

Friday, July 03, 2020

Bryan Stevenson has taken inspiration from Berlin for his new civil rights memorial and museum in Montgomery, Alabama.

Bryan Stevenson's 'True Justice' Documentary

Friday, January 03, 2020

[REBROADCAST] Bryan Stevenson, author, lawyer, and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, joins us to discuss his HBO documentary, “True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight For Equality."

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Bryan Stevenson's 'True Justice'

Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Lawyer, author, and activist Bryan Stevenson on his new documentary, "True Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fight For Equality." 

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Looking Up and Up and Up

Friday, December 28, 2018

Brooke visits a memorial to the victims of lynching.

"This Is Always Going To Be What Happened"

Friday, December 28, 2018

So, what happens when a nation commits itself to the task of confronting its history?

How Germany Can Help America Remember

Friday, December 28, 2018

Bryan Stevenson has taken inspiration from Berlin for his new civil rights memorial and museum in Montgomery, Alabama.

How Germany Can Help America Remember

Friday, June 01, 2018

Bryan Stevenson has taken inspiration from Berlin for his new civil rights memorial and museum in Montgomery, Alabama.

Looking Up and Up and Up

Friday, June 01, 2018

Brooke visits a new memorial to the victims of lynching.

"This Is Always Going To Be What Happened"

Friday, June 01, 2018

So, what happens when a nation commits itself to the task of confronting its history?

Bryan Stevenson on Understanding Our Legacy of Racial Injustice

Friday, May 11, 2018

Bryan Stevenson of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama, discusses The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration.

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The Legacy of Lynching in America

Monday, August 14, 2017

After slavery was abolished lynching emerged as a vicious tool of racial control, to reestablish white supremacy and suppress black civil rights.

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Facing America's History of Racial Violence

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Bryan Stevenson, of the Equal Justice Initiative, describes a new exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum: "The Legacy of Lynching: Confronting Racial Terror in America."

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Bryan Stevenson on Memorializing Our Country's Shameful History

Friday, May 26, 2017

As some cities in the South begin to take down Confederate statues, the Equal Justice Initiative envisions new monuments to the history of slavery, lynching, and racism in America.

How We Treat Our Incarcerated

Friday, November 11, 2016

What does the way we treat our incarcerated say about the character of our society?

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Seeking Justice on Death Row

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption (Spiegel & Grau, 2015), talks about his work with death row inmates in Alabama and his own story.

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Is Justice Reserved for the Rich?

Monday, February 16, 2015

Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, on why he feels that the poor, wrongly condemned, and women and children can too often get lost in our criminal justice system. 

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Bryan Stevenson Wants 'Equal Justice'

Monday, February 16, 2015

The founder of the Equal Justice Initiative talks about confronting the bleak prospects for America's racial future, by addressing the mistakes of the past.  

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The Legacy of Lynching

Friday, February 13, 2015

This week, 700 new victims were added to the tally of over 3,200 African-Americans lynched in the Jim Crow era South. Bryan Stevenson says we've got the legacy of lynching wrong, too.

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