Tag: Equal Justice Initiative
Birmingham to Host Mass Meeting As Part of ‘Poor People’s Campaign’
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
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...
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
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
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...