Bryan Stevenson on Confronting America’s Legacy of Slavery
“I’m really proud that we have made Montgomery, Alabama, arguably the most truthful space in America when it comes to confronting the legacy of slavery and the legacy of lynching,” Stevenson says
Just Mercy | Movie
A true story of official injustice and the long battle for vindication (in theaters now), based on a book by Bryan Stevenson
Finding Hope for Palestine in a Montgomery Memorial
I came to the opening ceremonies with a delegation of other Palestinian lawyers and activists who wanted to go together to witness, learn from and make connections with our own history of violence, dispossession and erasure. Our Palestinian delegation in Montgomery left with renewed hope that we too
Remembering the Past/Imagining the Future: Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama
Pain and Terror: America Remembers Its Past
RIKERS, Face to Face
A vivid arc of life on Rikers as told by the people who experienced it — from the trauma of entry, the conflicts with other inmates and corrections officers, the stabbings and beatings, and the torture of solitary confinement to the psychological challenges of returning to the outside world
The Way Forward Requires Truth and Reconciliation
A new museum in Alabama is designed to reveal the racial challenges of our nation's history and the opportunities for a future where we engage in truth and reconciliation.
Spread the word