Home Tags Equal Justice Initiative

Tag: Equal Justice Initiative

EJI to Open 17-Acre Freedom Monument Sculpture Park on March 27...

0
eji.org Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) has announced that the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park will open on March 27. The 17-acre site combines historical artifacts, contemporary art, original...

Ramsay High grad sheds light on Alabama’s racial violence in new...

0
By Haley Wilson The Birmingham Times Memorial, a play written by Birmingham native Quinton Cockrell, will highlight the “racial violence in Alabama” with its debut at...

Local college students compile forceful report on lynchings in Bham area

0
By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times Between the 1880s and 1940, a documented 30 people were lynched or victims of racial terror violence in Jefferson County,...

Birmingham to Host ​​​Mass Meeting​ As ​Part​ of ​​‘Poor​ ​People’s Campaign’

0
Times staff report The Rev.​ Dr. William​ J. Barber, II​ and​ the Rev​ Dr.​ Liz Theoharis will​ co-lead​ a Moral​ Revival​ mass meeting​ in​ Birmingham...

Equal Justice Initiative dedicates marker for lynching victims in Tuscaloosa County

0
Special to The Times The Equal Justice Initiative this week unveiled a historical marker memorializing eight African American men lynched in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, between 1884...

Bryan Stevenson launches video on lynching and the legacy of racial...

0
By Solomon Crenshaw For the Birmingham Times Montgomery, Ala.–based lawyer Bryan Stevenson may be best known for confronting racism in the criminal justice system, but his...

Bryan Stevenson’s fervent battle against bias in the criminal justice system

0
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. For The Birmingham Times Bryan Stevenson never expected to stay in Alabama. He came to the state in the mid-'80s to help set up...

Nearly 2,000 attend Stevenson’s lecture at Samford

0
By Sean Flynt Samford University Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) founder Bryan Stevenson electrified and inspired an audience of almost 2,000 in Samford University’s Wright Center Concert...