Here we can spolight notable people, photos, events, topics and contributions of our people. Please share among each other, especially information that you think is not often covered or underappreciated. I'll start with...
Bryan Stevenson.
I met Bryan at Mizzou years ago at our Race & History Symposium. He gave a speech and I've been in awe of him ever since. He's the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative. He is a lawyer, social justice activist, author and clinical professor at New York University School of Law. Mr. Stevenson has built a career on criminal justice reform, working to challenge bias against low income and minority populations, and has assisted in cases that liberated dozens of prisoners from death row. If you haven't read his book "Just Mercy," you should check it out.
His narration of the Time Magazine piece done on Emmett Till was one of the most insightful I've seen. He made me think of that heartbreaking incident in terms that I hadn't before.
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He just gives me chills every time he talks. So profound.
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