CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html> <html class="client-nojs vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>Bryan Stevenson - Wikipedia</title> <script>(function(){var className="client-js vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available";var cookie=document.cookie.match(/(?:^|; )enwikimwclientpreferences=([^;]+)/);if(cookie){cookie[1].split('%2C').forEach(function(pref){className=className.replace(new RegExp('(^| )'+pref.replace(/-clientpref-\w+$|[^\w-]+/g,'')+'-clientpref-\\w+( |$)'),'$1'+pref+'$2');});}document.documentElement.className=className;}());RLCONF={"wgBreakFrames":false,"wgSeparatorTransformTable":["",""],"wgDigitTransformTable":["",""],"wgDefaultDateFormat":"dmy", "wgMonthNames":["","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"wgRequestId":"352cbd33-0e6b-45a4-97e7-e174a18cb2de","wgCanonicalNamespace":"","wgCanonicalSpecialPageName":false,"wgNamespaceNumber":0,"wgPageName":"Bryan_Stevenson","wgTitle":"Bryan Stevenson","wgCurRevisionId":1259241683,"wgRevisionId":1259241683,"wgArticleId":13885781,"wgIsArticle":true,"wgIsRedirect":false,"wgAction":"view","wgUserName":null,"wgUserGroups":["*"],"wgCategories":["TED talk template with ID not in Wikidata","CS1 maint: unfit URL","CS1 Swedish-language sources (sv)","Articles with short description","Short description is different from Wikidata","Use mdy dates from November 2020","Use American English from April 2021","All Wikipedia articles written in American English","Articles with hCards","Commons category link from Wikidata","People appearing on C-SPAN","1959 births","Living people","20th-century African-American academics", "20th-century African-American lawyers","20th-century American academics","20th-century American lawyers","21st-century African-American academics","21st-century African-American lawyers","21st-century American academics","21st-century American lawyers","Academics from Delaware","Activists for African-American civil rights","African-American activists","African-American Christians","African-American legal scholars","African-American writers","Alabama lawyers","American anti–death penalty activists","American anti-racism activists","American children's rights activists","American civil rights lawyers","American criminal defense lawyers","American legal scholars","American prison reformers","American social justice activists","Eastern University (United States) alumni","Harvard Kennedy School alumni","Harvard Law School alumni","MacArthur Fellows","New York University School of Law faculty","Olof Palme Prize laureates","People from Milton, Delaware", "Members of the American Philosophical Society","Writers from Montgomery, Alabama"],"wgPageViewLanguage":"en","wgPageContentLanguage":"en","wgPageContentModel":"wikitext","wgRelevantPageName":"Bryan_Stevenson","wgRelevantArticleId":13885781,"wgIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRelevantPageIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRestrictionEdit":[],"wgRestrictionMove":[],"wgNoticeProject":"wikipedia","wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive":false,"wgFlaggedRevsParams":{"tags":{"status":{"levels":1}}},"wgMediaViewerOnClick":true,"wgMediaViewerEnabledByDefault":true,"wgPopupsFlags":0,"wgVisualEditor":{"pageLanguageCode":"en","pageLanguageDir":"ltr","pageVariantFallbacks":"en"},"wgMFDisplayWikibaseDescriptions":{"search":true,"watchlist":true,"tagline":false,"nearby":true},"wgWMESchemaEditAttemptStepOversample":false,"wgWMEPageLength":40000,"wgRelatedArticlesCompat":[],"wgCentralAuthMobileDomain":false,"wgEditSubmitButtonLabelPublish":true,"wgULSPosition":"interlanguage","wgULSisCompactLinksEnabled":false, "wgVector2022LanguageInHeader":true,"wgULSisLanguageSelectorEmpty":false,"wgWikibaseItemId":"Q2698978","wgCheckUserClientHintsHeadersJsApi":["brands","architecture","bitness","fullVersionList","mobile","model","platform","platformVersion"],"GEHomepageSuggestedEditsEnableTopics":true,"wgGETopicsMatchModeEnabled":false,"wgGEStructuredTaskRejectionReasonTextInputEnabled":false,"wgGELevelingUpEnabledForUser":false};RLSTATE={"ext.globalCssJs.user.styles":"ready","site.styles":"ready","user.styles":"ready","ext.globalCssJs.user":"ready","user":"ready","user.options":"loading","ext.cite.styles":"ready","skins.vector.search.codex.styles":"ready","skins.vector.styles":"ready","skins.vector.icons":"ready","jquery.makeCollapsible.styles":"ready","ext.wikimediamessages.styles":"ready","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript":"ready","ext.uls.interlanguage":"ready","wikibase.client.init":"ready","ext.wikimediaBadges":"ready"};RLPAGEMODULES=["ext.cite.ux-enhancements","site", "mediawiki.page.ready","jquery.makeCollapsible","mediawiki.toc","skins.vector.js","ext.centralNotice.geoIP","ext.centralNotice.startUp","ext.gadget.ReferenceTooltips","ext.gadget.switcher","ext.urlShortener.toolbar","ext.centralauth.centralautologin","mmv.bootstrap","ext.popups","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init","ext.visualEditor.targetLoader","ext.echo.centralauth","ext.eventLogging","ext.wikimediaEvents","ext.navigationTiming","ext.uls.interface","ext.cx.eventlogging.campaigns","ext.cx.uls.quick.actions","wikibase.client.vector-2022","ext.checkUser.clientHints","ext.growthExperiments.SuggestedEditSession","wikibase.sidebar.tracking"];</script> <script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.loader.impl(function(){return["user.options@12s5i",function($,jQuery,require,module){mw.user.tokens.set({"patrolToken":"+\\","watchToken":"+\\","csrfToken":"+\\"}); }];});});</script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.cite.styles%7Cext.uls.interlanguage%7Cext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript%7Cext.wikimediaBadges%7Cext.wikimediamessages.styles%7Cjquery.makeCollapsible.styles%7Cskins.vector.icons%2Cstyles%7Cskins.vector.search.codex.styles%7Cwikibase.client.init&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <script async="" src="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&raw=1&skin=vector-2022"></script> <meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content=""> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=site.styles&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.44.0-wmf.4"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin-when-cross-origin"> <meta name="robots" content="max-image-preview:standard"> <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Bryan_Stevenson_at_TED_2012.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="1200"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="798"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Bryan_Stevenson_at_TED_2012.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="800"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="532"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="640"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="426"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=1120"> <meta property="og:title" content="Bryan Stevenson - Wikipedia"> <meta property="og:type" content="website"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//upload.wikimedia.org"> <link rel="alternate" media="only screen and (max-width: 640px)" href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Stevenson"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/x-wiki" title="Edit this page" href="/w/index.php?title=Bryan_Stevenson&action=edit"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png"> <link rel="icon" href="/static/favicon/wikipedia.ico"> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/w/rest.php/v1/search" title="Wikipedia (en)"> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" href="//en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=rsd"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Stevenson"> <link rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Wikipedia Atom feed" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom"> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//meta.wikimedia.org" /> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//login.wikimedia.org"> </head> <body class="skin--responsive skin-vector skin-vector-search-vue mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject mw-editable page-Bryan_Stevenson rootpage-Bryan_Stevenson skin-vector-2022 action-view"><a class="mw-jump-link" href="#bodyContent">Jump to content</a> <div class="vector-header-container"> <header class="vector-header mw-header"> <div class="vector-header-start"> <nav class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-main-menu-dropdown vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Main menu" > <label id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-label" for="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-menu mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-menu"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Main menu</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-main-menu" class="vector-main-menu vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-main-menu-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="main-menu-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-main-menu" data-pinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Main menu</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-navigation" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-navigation" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Navigation </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-mainpage-description" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Visit the main page [z]" accesskey="z"><span>Main page</span></a></li><li id="n-contents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents" title="Guides to browsing Wikipedia"><span>Contents</span></a></li><li id="n-currentevents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events" title="Articles related to current events"><span>Current events</span></a></li><li id="n-randompage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:Random" title="Visit a randomly selected article [x]" accesskey="x"><span>Random article</span></a></li><li id="n-aboutsite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About" title="Learn about Wikipedia and how it works"><span>About Wikipedia</span></a></li><li id="n-contactpage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us" title="How to contact Wikipedia"><span>Contact us</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-interaction" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-interaction" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Contribute </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-help" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Contents" title="Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia"><span>Help</span></a></li><li id="n-introduction" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" title="Learn how to edit Wikipedia"><span>Learn to edit</span></a></li><li id="n-portal" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal" title="The hub for editors"><span>Community portal</span></a></li><li id="n-recentchanges" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="A list of recent changes to Wikipedia [r]" accesskey="r"><span>Recent changes</span></a></li><li id="n-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_upload_wizard" title="Add images or other media for use on Wikipedia"><span>Upload file</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" class="mw-logo"> <img class="mw-logo-icon" src="/static/images/icons/wikipedia.png" alt="" aria-hidden="true" height="50" width="50"> <span class="mw-logo-container skin-invert"> <img class="mw-logo-wordmark" alt="Wikipedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" style="width: 7.5em; height: 1.125em;"> <img class="mw-logo-tagline" alt="The Free Encyclopedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-tagline-en.svg" width="117" height="13" style="width: 7.3125em; height: 0.8125em;"> </span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-header-end"> <div id="p-search" role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-collapses vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box-auto-expand-width vector-search-box"> <a href="/wiki/Special:Search" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only search-toggle" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-search mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-search"></span> <span>Search</span> </a> <div class="vector-typeahead-search-container"> <div class="cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail cdx-typeahead-search--auto-expand-width"> <form action="/w/index.php" id="searchform" class="cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button"> <div id="simpleSearch" class="cdx-search-input__input-wrapper" data-search-loc="header-moved"> <div class="cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon"> <input class="cdx-text-input__input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wikipedia" aria-label="Search Wikipedia" autocapitalize="sentences" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f" id="searchInput" > <span class="cdx-text-input__icon cdx-text-input__start-icon"></span> </div> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> </div> <button class="cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button">Search</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-user-links vector-user-links-wide" aria-label="Personal tools"> <div class="vector-user-links-main"> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-preferences" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-userpage" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown " title="Change the appearance of the page's font size, width, and color" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Appearance" > <label id="vector-appearance-dropdown-label" for="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-appearance mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-appearance"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Appearance</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-notifications" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-overflow" class="vector-menu mw-portlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en" class=""><span>Donate</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-createaccount-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Bryan+Stevenson" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory" class=""><span>Create account</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-login-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Bryan+Stevenson" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o" class=""><span>Log in</span></a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-user-menu vector-button-flush-right vector-user-menu-logged-out" title="Log in and more options" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Personal tools" > <label id="vector-user-links-dropdown-label" for="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-ellipsis mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-ellipsis"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Personal tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-personal" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal user-links-collapsible-item" title="User menu" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en"><span>Donate</span></a></li><li id="pt-createaccount" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Bryan+Stevenson" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-userAdd mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-userAdd"></span> <span>Create account</span></a></li><li id="pt-login" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Bryan+Stevenson" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-logIn mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-logIn"></span> <span>Log in</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-user-menu-anon-editor" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-user-menu-anon-editor" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Pages for logged out editors <a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" aria-label="Learn more about editing"><span>learn more</span></a> </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-anoncontribs" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyContributions" title="A list of edits made from this IP address [y]" accesskey="y"><span>Contributions</span></a></li><li id="pt-anontalk" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyTalk" title="Discussion about edits from this IP address [n]" accesskey="n"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </header> </div> <div class="mw-page-container"> <div class="mw-page-container-inner"> <div class="vector-sitenotice-container"> <div id="siteNotice"></div> </div> <div class="vector-column-start"> <div class="vector-main-menu-container"> <div id="mw-navigation"> <nav id="mw-panel" class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav id="mw-panel-toc" aria-label="Contents" data-event-name="ui.sidebar-toc" class="mw-table-of-contents-container vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-toc-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-toc" class="vector-toc vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-toc-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="toc-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-toc" > <h2 class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Contents</h2> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.unpin">hide</button> </div> <ul class="vector-toc-contents" id="mw-panel-toc-list"> <li id="toc-mw-content-text" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a href="#" class="vector-toc-link"> <div class="vector-toc-text">(Top)</div> </a> </li> <li id="toc-Early_life" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Early_life"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1</span> <span>Early life</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Early_life-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Education" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Education"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Education</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Education-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Career" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Career"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Career</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Career-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Career subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Career-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Southern_Center_for_Human_Rights" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Southern_Center_for_Human_Rights"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Southern Center for Human Rights</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Southern_Center_for_Human_Rights-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Equal_Justice_Initiative" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Equal_Justice_Initiative"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Equal Justice Initiative</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Equal_Justice_Initiative-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Acknowledging_slavery" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Acknowledging_slavery"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Acknowledging slavery</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Acknowledging_slavery-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-National_Memorial_for_Peace_and_Justice" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#National_Memorial_for_Peace_and_Justice"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>National Memorial for Peace and Justice</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-National_Memorial_for_Peace_and_Justice-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Author" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Author"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>Author</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Author-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Speaker" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Speaker"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.6</span> <span>Speaker</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Speaker-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Awards_and_honors" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Awards_and_honors"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Awards and honors</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Awards_and_honors-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Personal_life" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Personal_life"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Personal life</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Personal_life-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Publications" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Publications"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Publications</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Publications-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Adaptations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Adaptations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Adaptations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Adaptations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Bryan Stevenson</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 18 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-18" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">18 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86" title="بريان ستيفنسون – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="بريان ستيفنسون" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Stevenson" title="Bryan Stevenson – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Bryan Stevenson" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Stevenson" title="Bryan Stevenson – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Bryan Stevenson" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Stevenson" title="Bryan Stevenson – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Bryan Stevenson" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86" title="بریان استیونسون – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بریان استیونسون" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Stevenson" title="Bryan Stevenson – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Bryan Stevenson" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A8" title="ब्रयान स्टीवेंसन – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="ब्रयान स्टीवेंसन" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Stevenson" title="Bryan Stevenson – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Bryan Stevenson" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86" title="بريان ستيفنسون – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="بريان ستيفنسون" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Stevenson" title="Bryan Stevenson – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Bryan Stevenson" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Stevenson" title="Bryan Stevenson – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Bryan Stevenson" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Stevenson" title="Bryan Stevenson – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Bryan Stevenson" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%98%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Брајан Стивенсон – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Брајан Стивенсон" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Stevenson" title="Bryan Stevenson – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Bryan Stevenson" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Stevenson" title="Bryan Stevenson – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Bryan Stevenson" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Stevenson" title="Bryan Stevenson – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Bryan Stevenson" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%8F%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%96%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Браян Стівенсон – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Браян Стівенсон" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B8%83%E8%90%8A%E6%81%A9%C2%B7%E5%8F%B2%E8%92%82%E6%96%87%E6%A3%AE" title="布萊恩·史蒂文森 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="布萊恩·史蒂文森" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q2698978#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Edit interlanguage links" class="wbc-editpage">Edit links</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Stevenson" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c"><span>Article</span></a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Talk:Bryan_Stevenson" rel="discussion" title="Discuss improvements to the content page [t]" accesskey="t"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Change language variant" > <label id="vector-variants-dropdown-label" for="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">English</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation" class="vector-collapsible"> <nav aria-label="Views"> <div id="p-views" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-views" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-view" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Stevenson"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-edit" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bryan_Stevenson&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-history" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bryan_Stevenson&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-tools-dropdown" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Tools" > <label id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-label" for="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-page-tools" class="vector-page-tools vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-page-tools-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="page-tools-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-page-tools" data-pinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Tools</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-cactions" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-has-collapsible-items" title="More options" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Actions </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-more-view" class="selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Stevenson"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-edit" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bryan_Stevenson&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-history" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bryan_Stevenson&action=history"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> General </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Bryan_Stevenson" title="List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [j]" accesskey="j"><span>What links here</span></a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/Bryan_Stevenson" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k"><span>Related changes</span></a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="t-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages" title="A list of all special pages [q]" accesskey="q"><span>Special pages</span></a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bryan_Stevenson&oldid=1259241683" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page"><span>Permanent link</span></a></li><li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bryan_Stevenson&action=info" title="More information about this page"><span>Page information</span></a></li><li id="t-cite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CiteThisPage&page=Bryan_Stevenson&id=1259241683&wpFormIdentifier=titleform" title="Information on how to cite this page"><span>Cite this page</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlShortener&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FBryan_Stevenson"><span>Get shortened URL</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:QrCode&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FBryan_Stevenson"><span>Download QR code</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-coll-print_export" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Print/export </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="coll-download-as-rl" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=Bryan_Stevenson&action=show-download-screen" title="Download this page as a PDF file"><span>Download as PDF</span></a></li><li id="t-print" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bryan_Stevenson&printable=yes" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p"><span>Printable version</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-wikibase-otherprojects" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> In other projects </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-commons mw-list-item"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Bryan_Stevenson" hreflang="en"><span>Wikimedia Commons</span></a></li><li class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikiquote mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bryan_Stevenson" hreflang="en"><span>Wikiquote</span></a></li><li id="t-wikibase" class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikibase-dataitem mw-list-item"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q2698978" title="Structured data on this page hosted by Wikidata [g]" accesskey="g"><span>Wikidata item</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-appearance" class="vector-appearance vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-appearance-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="appearance-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-appearance" data-pinned-container-id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Appearance</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.unpin">hide</button> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American lawyer and social justice activist</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Bryan Stevenson</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Bryan_Stevenson_at_TED_2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Bryan_Stevenson_at_TED_2012.jpg/220px-Bryan_Stevenson_at_TED_2012.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Bryan_Stevenson_at_TED_2012.jpg/330px-Bryan_Stevenson_at_TED_2012.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Bryan_Stevenson_at_TED_2012.jpg/440px-Bryan_Stevenson_at_TED_2012.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="399" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Stevenson in 2012</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1959-11-14</span>) </span>November 14, 1959<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 65)</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Milton,_Delaware" title="Milton, Delaware">Milton, Delaware</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_University_(United_States)" title="Eastern University (United States)">Eastern University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a>, <a href="/wiki/Masters_of_Public_Policy" class="mw-redirect" title="Masters of Public Policy">MPP</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Director of <a href="/wiki/Equal_Justice_Initiative" title="Equal Justice Initiative">Equal Justice Initiative</a><br />Professor at <a href="/wiki/New_York_University_School_of_Law" title="New York University School of Law">New York University School of Law</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data">Founding <a href="/wiki/Equal_Justice_Initiative" title="Equal Justice Initiative">Equal Justice Initiative</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_Humanities_Medal" title="National Humanities Medal">National Humanities Medal</a> (2021)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bryanstevenson.com">bryanstevenson<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Bryan Stevenson</b> (born November 14, 1959) is an American lawyer, social justice activist, and law professor at <a href="/wiki/New_York_University_School_of_Law" title="New York University School of Law">New York University School of Law</a>, and the founder and executive director of the <a href="/wiki/Equal_Justice_Initiative" title="Equal Justice Initiative">Equal Justice Initiative</a>. Based in <a href="/wiki/Montgomery,_Alabama" title="Montgomery, Alabama">Montgomery, Alabama</a>, he has challenged bias against the poor and <a href="/wiki/Minority_group" title="Minority group">minorities</a> in the criminal justice system, especially children. He has helped achieve <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">United States Supreme Court</a> decisions that prohibit sentencing children under 18 to death or to life imprisonment without parole.<sup id="cite_ref-TheGuardian2018_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheGuardian2018-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Stevenson was depicted in the 2019 <a href="/wiki/Legal_drama" title="Legal drama">legal drama</a> film <i><a href="/wiki/Just_Mercy" title="Just Mercy">Just Mercy</a></i>, based on his 2014 memoir <i><a href="/wiki/Just_Mercy_(book)" title="Just Mercy (book)">Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption</a></i>. In the memoir, he recounted his work with <a href="/wiki/Walter_McMillian" title="Walter McMillian">Walter McMillian</a>, who had been unjustly convicted and sentenced to death. </p><p>Stevenson initiated the <a href="/wiki/National_Memorial_for_Peace_and_Justice" title="National Memorial for Peace and Justice">National Memorial for Peace and Justice</a> in Montgomery, which honors the names of each of more than 4,000 African Americans <a href="/wiki/Lynchings_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Lynchings in the United States">lynched</a> in the twelve states of the South from 1877 to 1950. He argues that the history of slavery and lynchings has influenced the subsequent high rate of death sentences in the South, where it has been disproportionately applied to minorities. A related museum, <a href="/wiki/The_Legacy_Museum" title="The Legacy Museum">The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration</a>, offers interpretations to show the connection between the post-<a href="/wiki/Reconstruction_era" title="Reconstruction era">Reconstruction period</a> of lynchings to the high rate of incarceration and executions of people of color in the United States. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bryan_Stevenson&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bryan A. Stevenson was born on November 14, 1959 in <a href="/wiki/Milton,_Delaware" title="Milton, Delaware">Milton</a>, a small town in southern <a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYU_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYU-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father, Howard Carlton Stevenson Sr., had grown up in Milton, and his mother, Alice Gertrude (Golden) Stevenson, was born and grew up in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYU_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYU-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her family had moved to the city from <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Great_Migration_(African_American)" title="Great Migration (African American)">Great Migration</a> of the early 20th century.<sup id="cite_ref-Toobin_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Toobin-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stevenson has two siblings: an older brother, Howard Jr. and a sister, Christy.<sup id="cite_ref-people_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-people-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Both parents commuted to the northern part of the state for work, with Howard Sr., working at a General Foods processing plant as a laboratory technician<sup id="cite_ref-NYU_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYU-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Alice as an equal opportunity officer at <a href="/wiki/Dover_Air_Force_Base" title="Dover Air Force Base">Dover Air Force Base</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYU_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYU-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Toobin_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Toobin-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She particularly emphasized the importance of education to her children.<sup id="cite_ref-Toobin_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Toobin-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Stevenson's family attended the Prospect <a href="/wiki/African_Methodist_Episcopal_Church" title="African Methodist Episcopal Church">African Methodist Episcopal Church</a>, where as a child, Stevenson played piano and sang in the choir.<sup id="cite_ref-NYU_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYU-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His later views were influenced by the strong faith of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, where churchgoers were celebrated for "standing up after having fallen down".<sup id="cite_ref-NYU_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYU-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These experiences informed his belief that "each person in our society is more than the worst thing they've ever done."<sup id="cite_ref-NYU_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYU-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When Stevenson was 16, his maternal grandfather, Clarence L. Golden, was stabbed to death in his Philadelphia home during a robbery. The killers received life sentences, an outcome Stevenson thought fair. Stevenson said of the murder: "Because my grandfather was older, his murder seemed particularly cruel. But I came from a world where we valued redemption over revenge."<sup id="cite_ref-people_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-people-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a child, Stevenson dealt with segregation and its legacy. He spent his first classroom years at a "colored" elementary school.<sup id="cite_ref-NYU_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYU-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the time he entered the second grade, his school was formally desegregated, but the old rules from segregation still applied. Black kids played separately from white kids, and at the doctor's or dentist's office, black kids and their parents continued to use the back door, while whites entered through the front.<sup id="cite_ref-NYU_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYU-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pools and other community facilities were informally segregated.<sup id="cite_ref-Toobin_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Toobin-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stevenson's father, having grown up in the area, took the ingrained racism in his stride, but his mother openly opposed the de facto segregation.<sup id="cite_ref-NYU_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYU-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an interview in 2017, Stevenson recalled how his mother protested the day the black children from town lined up at the back door of the <a href="/wiki/Polio_vaccine" title="Polio vaccine">polio vaccination</a> station to receive their shots, waiting hours while the white children went in first.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Ezra_Klein_Show_5/16/2017_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Ezra_Klein_Show_5/16/2017-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bryan_Stevenson&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stevenson attended <a href="/wiki/Cape_Henlopen_High_School" title="Cape Henlopen High School">Cape Henlopen High School</a> and graduated in 1978. He played on the soccer and baseball teams.<sup id="cite_ref-NYU_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYU-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also served as president of the student body and won <a href="/wiki/American_Legion" title="American Legion">American Legion</a> public speaking contests.<sup id="cite_ref-NYU_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYU-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His brother, Howard, takes some credit for helping hone Stevenson's rhetorical skills: "We argued the way brothers argue, but these were serious arguments, inspired I guess by our mother and the circumstances of our family growing up."<sup id="cite_ref-NYU_2-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYU-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Stevenson earned straight As and won a scholarship to <a href="/wiki/Eastern_University_(United_States)" title="Eastern University (United States)">Eastern University</a> in <a href="/wiki/St._Davids,_Pennsylvania" title="St. Davids, Pennsylvania">St. Davids</a>, Pennsylvania.<sup id="cite_ref-people_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-people-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On campus, he directed the campus gospel choir.<sup id="cite_ref-NYU_2-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYU-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stevenson graduated with a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">B.A.</a> degree in philosophy from Eastern in 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-people_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-people-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1985, Stevenson earned both a <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">J.D.</a> degree from <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Law_School" title="Harvard Law School">Harvard Law School</a> and an <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">M.A.</a> degree in Public Policy (MPP) from the <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_School_of_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="John F. Kennedy School of Government">John F. Kennedy School of Government</a>, also at Harvard University.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During law school, as part of a class on race and poverty litigation with <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Bartholet" title="Elizabeth Bartholet">Elizabeth Bartholet</a>, he worked for <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Bright" title="Stephen Bright">Stephen Bright</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Southern_Center_for_Human_Rights" title="Southern Center for Human Rights">Southern Center for Human Rights</a>, an organization that represents death-row inmates throughout the South.<sup id="cite_ref-people_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-people-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During this work, Stevenson found his career calling.<sup id="cite_ref-people_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-people-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bryan_Stevenson&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Southern_Center_for_Human_Rights">Southern Center for Human Rights</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bryan_Stevenson&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Southern Center for Human Rights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After graduating from Harvard in 1985, Stevenson moved to <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a>, and joined the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Center_for_Human_Rights" title="Southern Center for Human Rights">Southern Center for Human Rights</a> full-time.<sup id="cite_ref-people_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-people-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The center divided work by region and Stevenson was assigned to Alabama. In 1989 he was appointed to run the Alabama operation, a resource center and death-penalty defense organization that was funded by Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-Toobin_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Toobin-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had a center in <a href="/wiki/Montgomery,_Alabama" title="Montgomery, Alabama">Montgomery</a>, the state capital. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Equal_Justice_Initiative">Equal Justice Initiative</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bryan_Stevenson&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Equal Justice Initiative"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">United States Congress</a> eliminated funding for death-penalty defense, Stevenson converted the center and founded the non-profit <a href="/wiki/Equal_Justice_Initiative" title="Equal Justice Initiative">Equal Justice Initiative</a> (EJI) in Montgomery. In 1995, he was awarded a <a href="/wiki/MacArthur_Fellowship" class="mw-redirect" title="MacArthur Fellowship">MacArthur Grant</a> and put all the money toward supporting the center.<sup id="cite_ref-Toobin_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Toobin-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He guaranteed a defense of anyone in Alabama sentenced to the death penalty, as it was the only state that did not provide legal assistance to people on death row.<sup id="cite_ref-ea_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ea-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also has the highest per capita rate of death penalty sentencing. </p><p>One of EJI's first cases was the <a href="/wiki/Post_conviction" title="Post conviction">post-conviction</a> appeal of Walter McMillian, who had been confined to death row before being convicted of murder and sentenced to death.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stevenson was able to discredit every element of the prosecution's initial case, which led to McMillian being exonerated and released from jail in 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Stevenson has been particularly concerned about overly harsh sentencing of persons convicted of crimes committed as children, under the age of 18.<sup id="cite_ref-TheGuardian2018_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheGuardian2018-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in <i><a href="/wiki/Roper_v._Simmons" title="Roper v. Simmons">Roper v. Simmons</a></i> that the death penalty was unconstitutional for persons convicted of crimes committed under the age of 18. Stevenson worked to have the court's thinking about appropriate punishment broadened to related cases applying to children convicted under the age of 17. </p><p>EJI mounted a litigation campaign to gain review of cases in which convicted children were sentenced to life-without-parole, including cases without homicide. In <i><a href="/wiki/Miller_v._Alabama" title="Miller v. Alabama">Miller v. Alabama</a></i> (2012), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a landmark decision that mandatory sentences of life-without-parole for children 17 and under were unconstitutional; their decision has affected statutes in 29 states. In 2016, the court ruled in <i><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_v._Louisiana" title="Montgomery v. Louisiana">Montgomery v. Louisiana</a></i> that this decision had to be applied retroactively, potentially affecting the sentences of 2300 people nationwide who had been sentenced to life while still children.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2022, the EJI has saved over 130 people from the death penalty.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, it has represented poor people, defended people on appeal, overturned wrongful convictions, and worked to alleviate bias in the criminal justice system.<sup id="cite_ref-Toobin_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Toobin-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Acknowledging_slavery">Acknowledging slavery</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bryan_Stevenson&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Acknowledging slavery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The EJI offices are near the landing at the <a href="/wiki/Alabama_River" title="Alabama River">Alabama River</a> where slaves were unloaded in the domestic slave trade; an equal distance away is Court Square, "one of the largest slave auction sites in the country."<sup id="cite_ref-Toobin_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Toobin-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stevenson has noted that in downtown Montgomery, there were "dozens" of historic markers and numerous monuments related to Confederate history, but nothing acknowledging the history of slavery, on which the wealth of the South was based and for which it fought the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Toobin_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Toobin-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He proposed to the state and provided documentation to three slavery sites with historic markers; the <a href="/wiki/Alabama_Department_of_Archives_and_History" title="Alabama Department of Archives and History">Alabama Department of Archives and History</a> told him that it did not want to "sponsor the markers given the potential for controversy."<sup id="cite_ref-Toobin_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Toobin-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stevenson worked with an African-American history group to gain sponsorship for this project; the group gained state approval for the three markers in 2013, and these have been installed in Montgomery.<sup id="cite_ref-Toobin_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Toobin-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_Memorial_for_Peace_and_Justice">National Memorial for Peace and Justice</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bryan_Stevenson&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: National Memorial for Peace and Justice"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stevenson acquired six acres of former public housing land in Montgomery for the development of a new project, the <a href="/wiki/National_Memorial_for_Peace_and_Justice" title="National Memorial for Peace and Justice">National Memorial for Peace and Justice</a>, to commemorate the nearly 4,000 persons who were <a href="/wiki/Lynching_in_the_United_States" title="Lynching in the United States">lynched</a> in the South from 1877 to 1950. Numerous lynchings were conducted openly in front of mobs and crowds in county courthouse squares. Stevenson has argued that this history of extrajudicial lynchings by white mobs is closely associated with the subsequent high rate of death sentences imposed in Alabama and other southern states, and to their disproportionate application to minority people. He further argues that this history influences the bias against minorities as expressed in disproportionately high mass incarceration rates for them across the country.<sup id="cite_ref-Toobin_3-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Toobin-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The memorial opened in April 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Associated with the Memorial is the <a href="/wiki/The_Legacy_Museum" title="The Legacy Museum">Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration</a>, which also opened on April 26, 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-nbc_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nbc-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Exhibits in the former slave warehouse include materials on lynching, racial segregation, and mass incarceration since the late 20th century. Stevenson articulates how the treatment of people of color under the criminal justice system is related to the history of slavery and later treatment of minorities in the South.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Author">Author</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bryan_Stevenson&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Author"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stevenson wrote the critically acclaimed memoir <i><a href="/wiki/Just_Mercy:_A_Story_of_Justice_and_Redemption" class="mw-redirect" title="Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption">Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption</a></i>, published in 2014 by <a href="/wiki/Spiegel_%26_Grau" title="Spiegel & Grau">Spiegel & Grau</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was selected by <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i> magazine as one of the "10 Best Books of Nonfiction" for 2014, and was among <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> "100 Notable Books" for the year. It won the 2015 <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Carnegie_Medal_for_Excellence_in_Nonfiction" class="mw-redirect" title="Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction">Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction</a><sup id="cite_ref-ap2015_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap2015-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the 2015 <a href="/wiki/Dayton_Literary_Peace_Prize" title="Dayton Literary Peace Prize">Dayton Literary Peace Prize</a> for Nonfiction.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A film based on the book, called <i><a href="/wiki/Just_Mercy" title="Just Mercy">Just Mercy</a></i>, starring <a href="/wiki/Michael_B._Jordan" title="Michael B. Jordan">Michael B. Jordan</a> as Stevenson with Stevenson himself executive-producing, premiered on September 6, 2019, at the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="Toronto International Film Festival">Toronto International Film Festival</a> and was released in theatres on December 25, 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Speaker">Speaker</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bryan_Stevenson&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Speaker"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stevenson maintains an active public speaking schedule, in large part for fundraising for the work of EJI. His speech at <a href="/wiki/TED_(conference)" title="TED (conference)">TED2012</a> in <a href="/wiki/Long_Beach,_California" title="Long Beach, California">Long Beach, California</a>, brought him a wide audience on the Internet.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following his presentation, attendees at the conference contributed more than $1 million to fund a campaign run by Stevenson to end the practice of placing convicted children to serve sentences in adult jails and prisons.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By April 2020, his talk had been viewed more than 6.5 million times.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Stevenson has been a commencement speaker and received numerous honorary degrees, including from the following institutions: <a href="/wiki/University_of_Delaware" title="University of Delaware">University of Delaware</a>, 2016, honorary Doctor of Laws degree;<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Williams_College" title="Williams College">Williams College</a>, 2016, honorary doctorate;<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Loyola_University_Chicago" title="Loyola University Chicago">Loyola University Chicago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stritch_School_of_Medicine" title="Stritch School of Medicine">Stritch School of Medicine</a>, 2011, Doctor of Humane Letters, <i>honoris causa</i>;<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/College_of_the_Holy_Cross" title="College of the Holy Cross">College of the Holy Cross</a>, 2015;<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Wesleyan_University" title="Wesleyan University">Wesleyan University</a>, 2016, honorary degree;<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/University_of_Mississippi" title="University of Mississippi">University of Mississippi</a>, 2017s fall convocation;<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Northeastern_University" title="Northeastern University">Northeastern University</a>, fall 2017 convocation;<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Emory_University" title="Emory University">Emory University</a>, spring 2020 commencement and honorary doctor of laws degree.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2017, Stevenson delivered the 93rd Ware Lecture at the <a href="/wiki/General_Assembly_(Unitarian_Universalist_Association)" title="General Assembly (Unitarian Universalist Association)">General Assembly</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Unitarian_Universalist_Association" title="Unitarian Universalist Association">Unitarian Universalist Association</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans,_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans, Louisiana">New Orleans, Louisiana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Stevenson is featured in episode 45 of the podcast <i>Criminal</i> by <a href="/wiki/Radiotopia" title="Radiotopia">Radiotopia</a> from <a href="/wiki/Public_Radio_Exchange" title="Public Radio Exchange">PRX</a>. Host <a href="/wiki/Phoebe_Judge" title="Phoebe Judge">Phoebe Judge</a> talked with Stevenson about his experiences during his 30 years spent working to get people off death row, and about his take on those deserving of mercy.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 24, 2018, Stevenson delivered the Commencement address for the <a href="/wiki/Johns_Hopkins_University" title="Johns Hopkins University">Johns Hopkins University</a> Class of 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 20, 2019, Stevenson delivered the Commencement address at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania" title="University of Pennsylvania">University of Pennsylvania</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 21, 2021, <i>Freedom, Justice, and Hope with Bryan Stevenson</i> premiered on <a href="/wiki/Jazz_at_Lincoln_Center" title="Jazz at Lincoln Center">Jazz at Lincoln Center</a> where he provided reflections on the American narrative of racism and performed pieces on the piano such as "<a href="/wiki/Honeysuckle_Rose_(song)" title="Honeysuckle Rose (song)">Honeysuckle Rose</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 8, 2022, Stevenson delivered the Commencement address at <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Mennonite_University" title="Eastern Mennonite University">Eastern Mennonite University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Harrisonburg,_Virginia" title="Harrisonburg, Virginia">Harrisonburg, Virginia</a>. He became the second person to receive an honorary doctorate from the university, the other being Nobel Peace Prize winner <a href="/wiki/Leymah_Gbowee" title="Leymah Gbowee">Leymah Gbowee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 7, 2023, Stevenson delivered the Commencement address for the Ohio State University Class of 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-osu_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-osu-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On October 5, 2023, Stevenson spoke at the President's Leadership Forum held by <a href="/wiki/Whitworth_University" title="Whitworth University">Whitworth University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Spokane,_Washington" title="Spokane, Washington">Spokane, Washington</a>, where he received an honorary doctorate.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bryan_Stevenson&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Awards and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In November 2018, Stevenson received the <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin_Medal_(American_Philosophical_Society)" title="Benjamin Franklin Medal (American Philosophical Society)">Benjamin Franklin Award</a> from the <a href="/wiki/American_Philosophical_Society" title="American Philosophical Society">American Philosophical Society</a> as a "Drum major for justice and mercy."<sup id="cite_ref-:0_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2020, he shared the <a href="/wiki/Right_Livelihood_Award" title="Right Livelihood Award">Right Livelihood Award</a> with <a href="/wiki/Nasrin_Sotoudeh" title="Nasrin Sotoudeh">Nasrin Sotoudeh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ales_Bialiatski" title="Ales Bialiatski">Ales Bialiatski</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lottie_Cunningham_Wren" title="Lottie Cunningham Wren">Lottie Cunningham Wren</a>. </p><p>In 2024, he was elected to the <a href="/wiki/American_Philosophical_Society" title="American Philosophical Society">American Philosophical Society</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>1991 <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_Liberties_Union" title="American Civil Liberties Union">ACLU</a> National Medal of Liberty<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1995 <a href="/wiki/MacArthur_Fellow" class="mw-redirect" title="MacArthur Fellow">MacArthur Fellow</a><sup id="cite_ref-Toobin_3-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Toobin-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2000 <a href="/wiki/Olof_Palme_Prize" title="Olof Palme Prize">Olof Palme Prize</a><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2009 <a href="/wiki/Gruber_Prize_for_Justice" title="Gruber Prize for Justice">Gruber Prize for Justice</a><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2011 <a href="/wiki/Four_Freedoms_Award" title="Four Freedoms Award">Four Freedoms Award</a> in Freedom From Fear<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2012 <a href="/wiki/Smithsonian_(magazine)" title="Smithsonian (magazine)"><i>Smithsonian</i></a> magazine's <a href="/wiki/Smithsonian_(magazine)#Smithsonian_American_Ingenuity_Awards" title="Smithsonian (magazine)">American Ingenuity Award</a> in Social Progress<sup id="cite_ref-Ingenuity_Awards_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ingenuity_Awards-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2015 <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Carnegie_Medals_for_Excellence_in_Fiction_and_Nonfiction" title="Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction">Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction</a><sup id="cite_ref-ap2015_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap2015-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2015 <a href="/wiki/Dayton_Literary_Peace_Prize" title="Dayton Literary Peace Prize">Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Nonfiction</a><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2015 <a href="/wiki/Time_100" title="Time 100"><i>Time</i> 100: The 100 Most Influential People</a><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2016 Honorary Doctor of Laws degree conferred by <a href="/wiki/Princeton_University" title="Princeton University">Princeton University</a><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2017 Honorary Doctor of Civil Law degree, conferred <i>honoris causa</i> by the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Oxford" title="University of Oxford">University of Oxford</a><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2017 The Stowe Prize for Writing to Advance Social Justice<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2018 People's Champion Award from the <a href="/wiki/44th_People%27s_Choice_Awards" title="44th People's Choice Awards">44th People's Choice Awards</a><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2018 The <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin_Medal_(American_Philosophical_Society)" title="Benjamin Franklin Medal (American Philosophical Society)">Benjamin Franklin Award</a> for distinguished public service from the <a href="/wiki/American_Philosophical_Society" title="American Philosophical Society">American Philosophical Society</a><sup id="cite_ref-:0_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2019 Golden Plate Award of the <a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Achievement" title="Academy of Achievement">American Academy of Achievement</a><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2019 Honorary Doctor of Laws degree conferred by the University of Pennsylvania</li> <li>2020 <a href="/wiki/Right_Livelihood_Award" title="Right Livelihood Award">Right Livelihood Award</a><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2020 <a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Criminal_Defense_Lawyers" title="National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers">National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers</a> Lifetime Achievement Award<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2020 <a href="/wiki/Global_Citizen_Prize" title="Global Citizen Prize">Global Citizen Prize</a> for Global Citizen of the Year <sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2021 <a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Fitzgerald_Prize_for_Literary_Excellence&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Fitzgerald Prize for Literary Excellence (page does not exist)">The Fitzgerald Prize for Literary Excellence</a><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2021 <a href="/wiki/National_Humanities_Medal" title="National Humanities Medal">National Humanities Medal</a></li> <li>2023 Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree conferred by <a href="/wiki/Whitworth_University" title="Whitworth University">Whitworth University</a><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bryan_Stevenson&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stevenson is a lifelong bachelor and has stated that his career is incompatible with married life.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has resided in <a href="/wiki/Montgomery,_Alabama" title="Montgomery, Alabama">Montgomery, Alabama</a> since 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publications">Publications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bryan_Stevenson&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By Bryan Stevenson: </p> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFStevenson2002" class="citation journal cs1">Stevenson, Bryan (June 2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nyulawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/NYULawReview-77-3-Stevenson.pdf">"The Politics of Fear and Death: Successive Problems in Capital Federal Habeas Corpus Cases"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>NYU Law Review</i>. <b>77</b> (3): 699–795.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=NYU+Law+Review&rft.atitle=The+Politics+of+Fear+and+Death%3A+Successive+Problems+in+Capital+Federal+Habeas+Corpus+Cases&rft.volume=77&rft.issue=3&rft.pages=699-795&rft.date=2002-06&rft.aulast=Stevenson&rft.aufirst=Bryan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nyulawreview.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2018%2F08%2FNYULawReview-77-3-Stevenson.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStevenson2003" class="citation journal cs1">Stevenson, Bryan (Summer 2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.law.ua.edu/pubs/lrarticles/Volume%2054/Issue%204/Stevenson.pdf">"The Ultimate Authority on the Ultimate Punishment: The Requisite Role of the Jury in Capital Sentencing"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Alabama Law Review</i>. <b>54</b> (4): 1091–1155<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 27,</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Alabama+Law+Review&rft.atitle=The+Ultimate+Authority+on+the+Ultimate+Punishment%3A+The+Requisite+Role+of+the+Jury+in+Capital+Sentencing&rft.ssn=summer&rft.volume=54&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=1091-1155&rft.date=2003&rft.aulast=Stevenson&rft.aufirst=Bryan&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.law.ua.edu%2Fpubs%2Flrarticles%2FVolume%252054%2FIssue%25204%2FStevenson.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStevenson2006" class="citation journal cs1">Stevenson, Bryan (Summer 2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120218231302/http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/crcl/vol41_2/stevenson.pdf">"Confronting Mass Imprisonment and Restoring Fairness to Collateral Review of Criminal Cases"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review</i>. <b>41</b> (2): 339–367. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1002849873">1002849873</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/crcl/vol41_2/stevenson.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on February 18, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 27,</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Harvard+Civil+Rights-Civil+Liberties+Law+Review&rft.atitle=Confronting+Mass+Imprisonment+and+Restoring+Fairness+to+Collateral+Review+of+Criminal+Cases&rft.ssn=summer&rft.volume=41&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=339-367&rft.date=2006&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F1002849873&rft.aulast=Stevenson&rft.aufirst=Bryan&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.law.harvard.edu%2Fstudents%2Forgs%2Fcrcl%2Fvol41_2%2Fstevenson.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStevenson2014" class="citation book cs1">Stevenson, Bryan (2014). <a href="/wiki/Just_Mercy_(book)" title="Just Mercy (book)"><i>Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption</i></a> (print) (First ed.). New York: Spiegel & Grau. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780812994520" title="Special:BookSources/9780812994520"><bdi>9780812994520</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/LCCN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCCN (identifier)">LCCN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2014430900">2014430900</a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/978357094">978357094</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Just+Mercy%3A+A+Story+of+Justice+and+Redemption&rft.place=New+York&rft.edition=First&rft.pub=Spiegel+%26+Grau&rft.date=2014&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F978357094&rft_id=info%3Alccn%2F2014430900&rft.isbn=9780812994520&rft.aulast=Stevenson&rft.aufirst=Bryan&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStevensonIfillLynchThompson2018" class="citation book cs1">Stevenson, Bryan; <a href="/wiki/Sherrilyn_Ifill" title="Sherrilyn Ifill">Ifill, Sherrilyn</a>; <a href="/wiki/Loretta_Lynch" title="Loretta Lynch">Lynch, Loretta</a>; Thompson, Anthony C. (2018). <i>A Perilous Path: Talking Race, Inequality, and the Law</i> (First ed.). New York: The New Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781620973950" title="Special:BookSources/9781620973950"><bdi>9781620973950</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Perilous+Path%3A+Talking+Race%2C+Inequality%2C+and+the+Law&rft.place=New+York&rft.edition=First&rft.pub=The+New+Press&rft.date=2018&rft.isbn=9781620973950&rft.aulast=Stevenson&rft.aufirst=Bryan&rft.au=Ifill%2C+Sherrilyn&rft.au=Lynch%2C+Loretta&rft.au=Thompson%2C+Anthony+C.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <p>By EJI: </p> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEqual_Justice_Initiative2008" class="citation web cs1">Equal Justice Initiative (January 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://eji.org/sites/default/files/cruel-and-unusual.pdf">"Cruel and Unusual: Sentencing 13-and 14-Year Old Children to Die in Prison"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Equal Justice Initiative</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 29,</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Equal+Justice+Initiative&rft.atitle=Cruel+and+Unusual%3A+Sentencing+13-and+14-Year+Old+Children+to+Die+in+Prison&rft.date=2008-01&rft.au=Equal+Justice+Initiative&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Feji.org%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fcruel-and-unusual.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Adaptations">Adaptations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bryan_Stevenson&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Adaptations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Just_Mercy" title="Just Mercy">Just Mercy</a></i> (2019), film directed by <a href="/wiki/Destin_Daniel_Cretton" title="Destin Daniel Cretton">Destin Daniel Cretton</a>, based on book <i><a href="/wiki/Just_Mercy_(book)" title="Just Mercy (book)">Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bryan_Stevenson&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-TheGuardian2018-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-TheGuardian2018_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TheGuardian2018_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcGreal2018" class="citation web cs1">McGreal, Chris (April 1, 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/01/i-went-to-death-row-for-28-years-through-no-fault-of-my-own-">"I went to death row for 28 years through no fault of my own"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 1,</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=I+went+to+death+row+for+28+years+through+no+fault+of+my+own&rft.date=2018-04-01&rft.aulast=McGreal&rft.aufirst=Chris&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fworld%2F2018%2Fapr%2F01%2Fi-went-to-death-row-for-28-years-through-no-fault-of-my-own-&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NYU-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-NYU_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYU_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYU_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYU_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYU_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYU_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYU_2-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYU_2-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYU_2-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYU_2-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYU_2-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYU_2-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYU_2-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYU_2-13"><sup><i><b>n</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBarrett2007" class="citation web cs1">Barrett, Paul (2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blogs.law.nyu.edu/magazine/2007/bryan-stevenson%E2%80%99s-death-defying-acts/">"Bryan Stevenson's Death-Defying Acts"</a>. <i>NYU Law Magazine</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 27,</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=NYU+Law+Magazine&rft.atitle=Bryan+Stevenson%27s+Death-Defying+Acts&rft.date=2007&rft.aulast=Barrett&rft.aufirst=Paul&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.law.nyu.edu%2Fmagazine%2F2007%2Fbryan-stevenson%25E2%2580%2599s-death-defying-acts%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Toobin-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Toobin_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Toobin_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Toobin_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Toobin_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Toobin_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Toobin_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Toobin_3-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Toobin_3-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Toobin_3-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Toobin_3-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Toobin_3-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Toobin_3-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Toobin_3-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFToobin2016" class="citation magazine cs1">Toobin, Jeffrey (August 15, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/08/22/bryan-stevenson-and-the-legacy-of-lynching">"The Legacy of Lynching, on Death Row"</a>. Profiles. <i>The New Yorker</i>. Condé Nast (published August 22, 2019).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+Yorker&rft.atitle=The+Legacy+of+Lynching%2C+on+Death+Row&rft.date=2016-08-15&rft.aulast=Toobin&rft.aufirst=Jeffrey&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newyorker.com%2Fmagazine%2F2016%2F08%2F22%2Fbryan-stevenson-and-the-legacy-of-lynching&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-people-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-people_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-people_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-people_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-people_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-people_4-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-people_4-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-people_4-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGrant1995" class="citation news cs1">Grant, Meg (November 27, 1995). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://people.com/archive/bryan-stevenson-vol-44-no-22/">"A Stubborn Alabama Lawyer Stands Alone Between Death and His Clients"</a>. <i>People</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 29,</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=People&rft.atitle=A+Stubborn+Alabama+Lawyer+Stands+Alone+Between+Death+and+His+Clients&rft.date=1995-11-27&rft.aulast=Grant&rft.aufirst=Meg&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpeople.com%2Farchive%2Fbryan-stevenson-vol-44-no-22%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-The_Ezra_Klein_Show_5/16/2017-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-The_Ezra_Klein_Show_5/16/2017_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEzra_Klein2017" class="citation podcast cs1">Ezra Klein (May 16, 2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bryan-stevenson-on-why-opposite-poverty-isnt-wealth/id1081584611?i=1000385493360&mt=2">"Bryan Stevenson on why the opposite of poverty isn't wealth; it's justice"</a>. <i>The Ezra Klein Show</i> (Podcast). Vox Podcast Media Network<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 31,</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Bryan+Stevenson+on+why+the+opposite+of+poverty+isn%27t+wealth%3B+it%27s+justice&rft.pub=Vox+Podcast+Media+Network&rft.date=2017-05-16&rft.au=Ezra+Klein&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2Fus%2Fpodcast%2Fbryan-stevenson-on-why-opposite-poverty-isnt-wealth%2Fid1081584611%3Fi%3D1000385493360%26mt%3D2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/bryan-stevenson">Biography Bryan Stevenson</a> - website of <a href="/wiki/The_HistoryMakers" class="mw-redirect" title="The HistoryMakers">The HistoryMakers</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ea-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ea_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMoorer2018" class="citation web cs1">Moorer, Regina (November 28, 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-3465">"Equal Justice Initiative"</a>. <i>Encyclopedia of Alabama</i> (published June 14, 2013)<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 3,</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Encyclopedia+of+Alabama&rft.atitle=Equal+Justice+Initiative&rft.date=2018-11-28&rft.aulast=Moorer&rft.aufirst=Regina&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.encyclopediaofalabama.org%2Farticle%2Fh-3465&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAlexander" class="citation web cs1">Alexander, Bryan. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2020/01/08/just-mercy-michael-b-jordan-real-case-bryan-stevenson-movie/2836560001/">"How accurate is 'Just Mercy'? The real case behind Michael B. Jordan's Bryan Stevenson movie"</a>. <i>USA TODAY</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 15,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=USA+TODAY&rft.atitle=How+accurate+is+%27Just+Mercy%27%3F+The+real+case+behind+Michael+B.+Jordan%27s+Bryan+Stevenson+movie&rft.aulast=Alexander&rft.aufirst=Bryan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fentertainment%2Fmovies%2F2020%2F01%2F08%2Fjust-mercy-michael-b-jordan-real-case-bryan-stevenson-movie%2F2836560001%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFApplebome1993" class="citation news cs1">Applebome, Peter (March 3, 1993). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/03/us/alabama-releases-man-held-on-death-row-for-six-years.html">"Alabama Releases Man Held On Death Row for Six Years"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331">0362-4331</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 15,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Alabama+Releases+Man+Held+On+Death+Row+for+Six+Years&rft.date=1993-03-03&rft.issn=0362-4331&rft.aulast=Applebome&rft.aufirst=Peter&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1993%2F03%2F03%2Fus%2Falabama-releases-man-held-on-death-row-for-six-years.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://eji.org/children-prison/death-in-prison-sentences">"Death in Prison Sentences"</a>. <i>Equal Justice Initiative</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121001080454/http://www.eji.org/childrenprison/deathinprison">Archived</a> from the original on October 1, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 30,</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Equal+Justice+Initiative&rft.atitle=Death+in+Prison+Sentences&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Feji.org%2Fchildren-prison%2Fdeath-in-prison-sentences&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://eji.org/issues/death-penalty/">"Death Penalty"</a>. <i>eji.org</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 17,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=eji.org&rft.atitle=Death+Penalty&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Feji.org%2Fissues%2Fdeath-penalty%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://museumandmemorial.eji.org/memorial">"The National Memorial for Peace and Justice"</a>. <i>Equal Justice Initiative</i>. October 31, 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Equal+Justice+Initiative&rft.atitle=The+National+Memorial+for+Peace+and+Justice&rft.date=2017-10-31&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmuseumandmemorial.eji.org%2Fmemorial&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nbc-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-nbc_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFOrtiz2018" class="citation news cs1">Ortiz, Erik (April 28, 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/legacy-museum-opens-montgomery-alabama-highlight-slavery-lynchings-n869686">"New museum on America's history of lynchings invokes powerful emotions"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 12,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=New+museum+on+America%27s+history+of+lynchings+invokes+powerful+emotions&rft.date=2018-04-28&rft.aulast=Ortiz&rft.aufirst=Erik&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbcnews.com%2Fnews%2Fnbcblk%2Flegacy-museum-opens-montgomery-alabama-highlight-slavery-lynchings-n869686&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRiley2016" class="citation web cs1">Riley, Ricky (June 20, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://atlantablackstar.com/2016/06/20/social-justice-activist-smashes-myth-that-slavery-ended-in-1865-with-brilliant-examination/">"Social Justice Activist Smashes Myth that Slavery Ended in 1865 With Brilliant Examination"</a>. <i>Atlanta Black Star</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 30,</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Atlanta+Black+Star&rft.atitle=Social+Justice+Activist+Smashes+Myth+that+Slavery+Ended+in+1865+With+Brilliant+Examination&rft.date=2016-06-20&rft.aulast=Riley&rft.aufirst=Ricky&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fatlantablackstar.com%2F2016%2F06%2F20%2Fsocial-justice-activist-smashes-myth-that-slavery-ended-in-1865-with-brilliant-examination%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWarden2014" class="citation news cs1">Warden, Rob (October 23, 2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/book-review-just-mercy-a-story-of-justice-and-redemption-by-bryan-stevenson/2014/10/23/5d590580-3f67-11e4-9587-5dafd96295f0_story.html">"Book review: 'Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption' by Bryan Stevenson"</a>. <i>The Washington Post</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 30,</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Washington+Post&rft.atitle=Book+review%3A+%27Just+Mercy%3A+A+Story+of+Justice+and+Redemption%27+by+Bryan+Stevenson&rft.date=2014-10-23&rft.aulast=Warden&rft.aufirst=Rob&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fbook-review-just-mercy-a-story-of-justice-and-redemption-by-bryan-stevenson%2F2014%2F10%2F23%2F5d590580-3f67-11e4-9587-5dafd96295f0_story.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ap2015-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ap2015_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ap2015_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150924015542/http://midco.net/news/read/category/entertainment/article/the_associated_press-anthony_doerr_wins_carnegie_medal_for_fiction-ap">"Anthony Doerr wins Carnegie Medal for fiction"</a>. <i>Midcontinent Communications</i>. Associated Press. June 28, 2015. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.midco.net/news/read/category/entertainment/article/the_associated_press-anthony_doerr_wins_carnegie_medal_for_fiction-ap">the original</a> on September 24, 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 28,</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Midcontinent+Communications&rft.atitle=Anthony+Doerr+wins+Carnegie+Medal+for+fiction&rft.date=2015-06-28&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.midco.net%2Fnews%2Fread%2Fcategory%2Fentertainment%2Farticle%2Fthe_associated_press-anthony_doerr_wins_carnegie_medal_for_fiction-ap&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170307001151/http://www.daytonliterarypeaceprize.org/2015-nonfiction_winner.htm">"Bryan Stevenson, 2015 Nonfiction Winner"</a>. <i>Dayton Literary Peace Prize</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://daytonliterarypeaceprize.org/2015-nonfiction_winner.htm">the original</a> on March 7, 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 24,</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Dayton+Literary+Peace+Prize&rft.atitle=Bryan+Stevenson%2C+2015+Nonfiction+Winner&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fdaytonliterarypeaceprize.org%2F2015-nonfiction_winner.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFN'Duka2018" class="citation news cs1">N'Duka, Amanda (April 20, 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://deadline.com/2018/04/warner-bros-melissa-mccarthy-comedy-superintelligence-michael-b-jordan-just-mercy-1202373177/">"Warner Bros Dates Melissa McCarthy Comedy 'Superintelligence' & Michael B. Jordan's 'Just Mercy'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i>Deadline</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Deadline&rft.atitle=Warner+Bros+Dates+Melissa+McCarthy+Comedy+%27Superintelligence%27+%26+Michael+B.+Jordan%27s+%27Just+Mercy%27&rft.date=2018-04-20&rft.aulast=N%27Duka&rft.aufirst=Amanda&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdeadline.com%2F2018%2F04%2Fwarner-bros-melissa-mccarthy-comedy-superintelligence-michael-b-jordan-just-mercy-1202373177%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLillie2012" class="citation web cs1">Lillie, Ben (March 1, 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blog.ted.com/2012/03/01/all-of-our-survival-is-tied-to-the-survival-of-everyone-bryan-stevenson-at-ted2012">"All of our survival is tied to the survival of everyone: Bryan Stevenson at TED2012"</a>. <i>TED Blog</i>. TED Conferences<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 6,</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=TED+Blog&rft.atitle=All+of+our+survival+is+tied+to+the+survival+of+everyone%3A+Bryan+Stevenson+at+TED2012&rft.date=2012-03-01&rft.aulast=Lillie&rft.aufirst=Ben&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.ted.com%2F2012%2F03%2F01%2Fall-of-our-survival-is-tied-to-the-survival-of-everyone-bryan-stevenson-at-ted2012&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAnderson2012" class="citation web cs1">Anderson, Chris (March 5, 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blog.ted.com/2012/03/05/teds-first-response-to-bryan-stevensons-talk-on-injustice/">"TED's first response to Bryan Stevenson's talk on injustice"</a>. <i>TED Blog</i>. TED Conferences<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 6,</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=TED+Blog&rft.atitle=TED%27s+first+response+to+Bryan+Stevenson%27s+talk+on+injustice&rft.date=2012-03-05&rft.aulast=Anderson&rft.aufirst=Chris&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.ted.com%2F2012%2F03%2F05%2Fteds-first-response-to-bryan-stevensons-talk-on-injustice%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ted.com/talks/bryan_stevenson_we_need_to_talk_about_an_injustice">We need to talk about an injustice</a>, a <a href="/wiki/TED_(conference)" title="TED (conference)">TED talk</a> by <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Bryan Stevenson</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRhodes2016" class="citation web cs1">Rhodes, Jerry (March 28, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2016/may/commencement-052816/">"167th Commencement - UDaily"</a>. <i>UDaily</i>. University of Delaware Office of Communications & Marketing<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 24,</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=UDaily&rft.atitle=167th+Commencement+-+UDaily&rft.date=2016-03-28&rft.aulast=Rhodes&rft.aufirst=Jerry&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.udel.edu%2Fudaily%2F2016%2Fmay%2Fcommencement-052816%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.udel.edu/cpa/pdfs/2016-commencement/#p=8">"Commencement 2016"</a>. Udel.edu<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 24,</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Commencement+2016&rft.pub=Udel.edu&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.udel.edu%2Fcpa%2Fpdfs%2F2016-commencement%2F%23p%3D8&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation pressrelease cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://communications.williams.edu/news-releases/honorary-degree-recipients-2016/">"Williams College Announces Its 2016 Honorary Degree Recipients"</a> (Press release). Williams College Office of Communications. March 16, 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 24,</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Williams+College+Announces+Its+2016+Honorary+Degree+Recipients&rft.pub=Williams+College+Office+of+Communications&rft.date=2016-03-16&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fcommunications.williams.edu%2Fnews-releases%2Fhonorary-degree-recipients-2016%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Loyola University Chicago, Office of Registration & Records</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStevenson" class="citation speech cs1">Stevenson, Bryan. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.holycross.edu/commencement-2015/2015-commencement-address-bryan-stevenson"><i>2015 Commencement Address</i></a> (Speech). College of the Holy Cross: College of the Holy Cross<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 24,</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=2015+Commencement+Address&rft.place=College+of+the+Holy+Cross&rft.pub=College+of+the+Holy+Cross&rft.aulast=Stevenson&rft.aufirst=Bryan&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.holycross.edu%2Fcommencement-2015%2F2015-commencement-address-bryan-stevenson&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRubenstein2016" class="citation news cs1">Rubenstein, Laura (May 22, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170508195535/https://newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2016/05/22/bryanstevenson2016/">"Honorary Degree Recipient Bryan Stevenson Delivers 2016 Commencement Speech (with video)"</a>. <i>News @ Wesleyan</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2016/05/22/bryanstevenson2016/">the original</a> on May 8, 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 15,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=News+%40+Wesleyan&rft.atitle=Honorary+Degree+Recipient+Bryan+Stevenson+Delivers+2016+Commencement+Speech+%28with+video%29&rft.date=2016-05-22&rft.aulast=Rubenstein&rft.aufirst=Laura&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnewsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu%2F2016%2F05%2F22%2Fbryanstevenson2016%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.olemiss.edu/author-bryan-stevenson-challenges-um-freshmen-first-year-students/">"Author Bryan Stevenson Challenges UM Freshmen, First-Year Students - Ole Miss News"</a>. <i>Ole Miss News</i>. August 23, 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 24,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Ole+Miss+News&rft.atitle=Author+Bryan+Stevenson+Challenges+UM+Freshmen%2C+First-Year+Students+-+Ole+Miss+News&rft.date=2017-08-23&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.olemiss.edu%2Fauthor-bryan-stevenson-challenges-um-freshmen-first-year-students%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170904151440/http://www.northeastern.edu/firstpages/book/event-information/">"Event Information - First Pages at Northeastern University"</a>. <i>First Pages at Northeastern University</i>. Archived from the original on September 4, 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 4,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=First+Pages+at+Northeastern+University&rft.atitle=Event+Information+-+First+Pages+at+Northeastern+University&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.northeastern.edu%2Ffirstpages%2Fbook%2Fevent-information%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_web" title="Template:Cite web">cite web</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: unfit URL (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_unfit_URL" title="Category:CS1 maint: unfit URL">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://alumni.emory.edu/emorywire/news/news-articles/2020/05/commencement.html">"Commencement 2020 | Emory University | Atlanta GA"</a>. <i>alumni.emory.edu</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 7,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=alumni.emory.edu&rft.atitle=Commencement+2020+%7C+Emory+University+%7C+Atlanta+GA&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Falumni.emory.edu%2Femorywire%2Fnews%2Fnews-articles%2F2020%2F05%2Fcommencement.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.uua.org/ga/program/highlights/ware-lecture">"Ware Lecture"</a>. <i>Unitarian Universalist Association</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 15,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Unitarian+Universalist+Association&rft.atitle=Ware+Lecture&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.uua.org%2Fga%2Fprogram%2Fhighlights%2Fware-lecture&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation podcast cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://thisiscriminal.com/episode-45-just-mercy-6-17-2016/">"Just Mercy"</a>. <i>Criminal</i> (Podcast). No. 45. Radiotopia. July 16, 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 17,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Just+Mercy&rft.pub=Radiotopia&rft.date=2016-07-16&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fthisiscriminal.com%2Fepisode-45-just-mercy-6-17-2016%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStevenson,_Bryan2018" class="citation web cs1">Stevenson, Bryan (May 24, 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hub.jhu.edu/2018/05/24/commencement-2018-stevenson/">"A Blueprint for How to Change the World"</a>. <i>Johns Hopkins University</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 26,</span> 2020</span>. <q>We need you to leave this university with high expectations for what you can do to create a more just world</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Johns+Hopkins+University&rft.atitle=A+Blueprint+for+How+to+Change+the+World&rft.date=2018-05-24&rft.au=Stevenson%2C+Bryan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fhub.jhu.edu%2F2018%2F05%2F24%2Fcommencement-2018-stevenson%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/commencement-speaker-2019">"Criminal-justice reformer Bryan Stevenson to speak at Penn's 263rd Commencement"</a>. <i>Penn Today</i>. April 29, 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 18,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Penn+Today&rft.atitle=Criminal-justice+reformer+Bryan+Stevenson+to+speak+at+Penn%27s+263rd+Commencement&rft.date=2019-04-29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpenntoday.upenn.edu%2Fnews%2Fcommencement-speaker-2019&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wyntonmarsalis.org/news/entry/freedom-justice-and-hope-performed-jazz-at-lincoln-center-orchestra-with-wynton-marsalis-special-guest-bryan-stevenson">"Jazz At Lincoln Center Presents "Freedom, Justice, And Hope" performed by The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis With Special Guest Bryan Stevenson"</a>. <i>wyntonmarsalis.org</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 27,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=wyntonmarsalis.org&rft.atitle=Jazz+At+Lincoln+Center+Presents+%22Freedom%2C+Justice%2C+And+Hope%22+performed+by+The+Jazz+at+Lincoln+Center+Orchestra+with+Wynton+Marsalis+With+Special+Guest+Bryan+Stevenson&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwyntonmarsalis.org%2Fnews%2Fentry%2Ffreedom-justice-and-hope-performed-jazz-at-lincoln-center-orchestra-with-wynton-marsalis-special-guest-bryan-stevenson&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://emu.edu/now/news/2022/emu-confers-408-degrees-as-bryan-stevenson-is-awarded-universitys-second-honorary-doctorate/">"EMU confers 408 degrees, as Bryan Stevenson is awarded university's second honorary doctorate"</a>. <i>EMU News</i>. May 9, 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 11,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=EMU+News&rft.atitle=EMU+confers+408+degrees%2C+as+Bryan+Stevenson+is+awarded+university%27s+second+honorary+doctorate&rft.date=2022-05-09&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Femu.edu%2Fnow%2Fnews%2F2022%2Femu-confers-408-degrees-as-bryan-stevenson-is-awarded-universitys-second-honorary-doctorate%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-osu-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-osu_37-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.osu.edu/just-mercy-author-bryan-stevenson-to-deliver-spring-2023-commencement-address/">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'Just Mercy' author Bryan Stevenson to deliver spring 2023 commencement address"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 4,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%27Just+Mercy%27+author+Bryan+Stevenson+to+deliver+spring+2023+commencement+address&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.osu.edu%2Fjust-mercy-author-bryan-stevenson-to-deliver-spring-2023-commencement-address%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.whitworth.edu/2023/08/bryan-stevenson-author-lawyer-and.html">"Bryan Stevenson, Author, Lawyer and Founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, to be Featured Speaker at Whitworth President's Leadership Forum"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Bryan+Stevenson%2C+Author%2C+Lawyer+and+Founder+of+the+Equal+Justice+Initiative%2C+to+be+Featured+Speaker+at+Whitworth+President%27s+Leadership+Forum&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.whitworth.edu%2F2023%2F08%2Fbryan-stevenson-author-lawyer-and.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_39-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_39-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAmerican_Philosophical_Society2018" class="citation web cs1">American Philosophical Society (2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amphilsoc.org/2018-benjamin-franklin-medal">"2018 Benjamin Franklin Medal"</a>. <i>www.amphilsoc.org</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 6,</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.amphilsoc.org&rft.atitle=2018+Benjamin+Franklin+Medal&rft.date=2018&rft.au=American+Philosophical+Society&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amphilsoc.org%2F2018-benjamin-franklin-medal&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amphilsoc.org/blog/american-philosophical-society-welcomes-new-members-2024">"The American Philosophical Society Welcomes New Members for 2024"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+American+Philosophical+Society+Welcomes+New+Members+for+2024&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amphilsoc.org%2Fblog%2Famerican-philosophical-society-welcomes-new-members-2024&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.law.nyu.edu/news/Bryan-Stevenson-National-Civil-Rights-Museum-Freedom-Award-Thurgood-Marshall-Award">"Bryan Stevenson honored with National Civil Rights Museum's Freedom Award and ABA's Thurgood Marshall Award"</a>, NYU Law News, August 9, 2016.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.palmefonden.se/2000-bryan-stevenson-2/">"2000 – Bryan Stevenson | OLOF PALMES MINNESFOND"</a> (in Swedish)<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 17,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=2000+%E2%80%93+Bryan+Stevenson+%7C+OLOF+PALMES+MINNESFOND&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.palmefonden.se%2F2000-bryan-stevenson-2%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://gruber.yale.edu/justice/press/2009-gruber-justice-prize-press-release">"2009 Gruber Justice Prize Press Release | Gruber Foundation"</a>. <i>gruber.yale.edu</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 17,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=gruber.yale.edu&rft.atitle=2009+Gruber+Justice+Prize+Press+Release+%7C+Gruber+Foundation&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fgruber.yale.edu%2Fjustice%2Fpress%2F2009-gruber-justice-prize-press-release&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation report cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.archives.gov/files/about/plans-reports/trust-fund/2011-annual-report.pdf">Archives Trust Fund Annual Report 2011</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (Report). 2011. p. 12<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 22,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=report&rft.btitle=Archives+Trust+Fund+Annual+Report+2011&rft.pages=12&rft.date=2011&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.archives.gov%2Ffiles%2Fabout%2Fplans-reports%2Ftrust-fund%2F2011-annual-report.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ingenuity_Awards-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Ingenuity_Awards_45-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191030022726/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/ingenuity/2012-winners/">"2012 American Ingenuity Award Winners"</a>. <i>Smithsonian Magazine</i>. Smithsonian. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/ingenuity/2012-winners/">the original</a> on October 30, 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 11,</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Smithsonian+Magazine&rft.atitle=2012+American+Ingenuity+Award+Winners&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.smithsonianmag.com%2Fingenuity%2F2012-winners%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.daytonliterarypeaceprize.org/2015-2/">"2015 – Dayton Literary Peace Prize"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 17,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=2015+%E2%80%93+Dayton+Literary+Peace+Prize&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.daytonliterarypeaceprize.org%2F2015-2%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWilliams2015" class="citation magazine cs1"><a href="/wiki/Serena_Williams" title="Serena Williams">Williams, Serena</a> (April 16, 2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://time.com/collection-post/3823265/bryan-stevenson-2015-time-100/">"The 100 Most Influential People: Bryan Stevenson"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Time_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Time Magazine">Time Magazine</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 23,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Time+Magazine&rft.atitle=The+100+Most+Influential+People%3A+Bryan+Stevenson&rft.date=2015-04-16&rft.aulast=Williams&rft.aufirst=Serena&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftime.com%2Fcollection-post%2F3823265%2Fbryan-stevenson-2015-time-100%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.princeton.edu/news/2016/05/31/princeton-awards-six-honorary-degrees">"Princeton awards six honorary degrees"</a>. <i>Princeton University</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 17,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Princeton+University&rft.atitle=Princeton+awards+six+honorary+degrees&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.princeton.edu%2Fnews%2F2016%2F05%2F31%2Fprinceton-awards-six-honorary-degrees&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-49">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://connectedoxford.com/oxford-announces-honorary-degrees-for-2017/">"Oxford Announces Honorary Degrees For 2017 | Connected Oxford"</a>. January 26, 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 17,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Oxford+Announces+Honorary+Degrees+For+2017+%7C+Connected+Oxford&rft.date=2017-01-26&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fconnectedoxford.com%2Foxford-announces-honorary-degrees-for-2017%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-50">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://myemail.constantcontact.com/2017-Stowe-Prize-Winner-Is---.html?soid=1101810707744&aid=ObZEPLFSbC4">"2017 Stowe Prize Winner Is..."</a> <i>myemail.constantcontact.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 17,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=myemail.constantcontact.com&rft.atitle=2017+Stowe+Prize+Winner+Is...&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmyemail.constantcontact.com%2F2017-Stowe-Prize-Winner-Is---.html%3Fsoid%3D1101810707744%26aid%3DObZEPLFSbC4&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-51">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLocker2018" class="citation magazine cs1">Locker, Melissa (November 15, 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://time.com/5450324/peoples-choice-2018-best-worst-moments/">"People's Choice Awards 2018: The Wildest, Weirdest Moments"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 17,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Time&rft.atitle=People%27s+Choice+Awards+2018%3A+The+Wildest%2C+Weirdest+Moments&rft.date=2018-11-15&rft.aulast=Locker&rft.aufirst=Melissa&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftime.com%2F5450324%2Fpeoples-choice-2018-best-worst-moments%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#public-service">"Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement"</a>. <i>www.achievement.org</i>. <a href="/wiki/American_Academy_of_Achievement" class="mw-redirect" title="American Academy of Achievement">American Academy of Achievement</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.achievement.org&rft.atitle=Golden+Plate+Awardees+of+the+American+Academy+of+Achievement&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fachievement.org%2Four-history%2Fgolden-plate-awards%2F%23public-service&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-53">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rightlivelihoodaward.org/announcement/bryan-stevenson/l4-pr/">"Bryan Stevenson (USA)"</a>. <i>The Right Livelihood Foundation</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 17,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Right+Livelihood+Foundation&rft.atitle=Bryan+Stevenson+%28USA%29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rightlivelihoodaward.org%2Fannouncement%2Fbryan-stevenson%2Fl4-pr%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-54">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTucke2020" class="citation web cs1">Tucke, Katheryn (September 22, 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.law.com/dailyreportonline/2020/09/22/criminal-defense-lawyers-honor-just-mercy-author/">"Criminal Defense Lawyers Honor 'Just Mercy' Author"</a>. <i>Daily Report</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 17,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Daily+Report&rft.atitle=Criminal+Defense+Lawyers+Honor+%27Just+Mercy%27+Author&rft.date=2020-09-22&rft.aulast=Tucke&rft.aufirst=Katheryn&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.law.com%2Fdailyreportonline%2F2020%2F09%2F22%2Fcriminal-defense-lawyers-honor-just-mercy-author%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-55">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2020/dec/17/honoring-global-citizens/">"Honoring global citizens"</a>. <i>amsterdamnews.com</i>. December 17, 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 2,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=amsterdamnews.com&rft.atitle=Honoring+global+citizens&rft.date=2020-12-17&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Famsterdamnews.com%2Fnews%2F2020%2Fdec%2F17%2Fhonoring-global-citizens%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-56">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLittleton2020" class="citation web cs1">Littleton, Cynthia (December 18, 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/global-citizen-hugh-evans-john-legend-chris-martin-1234865600/">"Global Citizen Keeps Eye on Prize Despite Pandemic Challenges"</a>. <i>Variety</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 2,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Variety&rft.atitle=Global+Citizen+Keeps+Eye+on+Prize+Despite+Pandemic+Challenges&rft.date=2020-12-18&rft.aulast=Littleton&rft.aufirst=Cynthia&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fvariety.com%2F2020%2Ftv%2Fnews%2Fglobal-citizen-hugh-evans-john-legend-chris-martin-1234865600%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-57">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.alabamanews.net/2020/12/21/eji-founder-bryan-stevenson-receives-fitzgerald-museum-literary-prize-for-excellence-in-writing-award/">"EJI Founder Bryan Stevenson Receives Fitzgerald Museum Literary Prize for Excellence in Writing Award"</a>. December 21, 2020.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=EJI+Founder+Bryan+Stevenson+Receives+Fitzgerald+Museum+Literary+Prize+for+Excellence+in+Writing+Award&rft.date=2020-12-21&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.alabamanews.net%2F2020%2F12%2F21%2Feji-founder-bryan-stevenson-receives-fitzgerald-museum-literary-prize-for-excellence-in-writing-award%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-58">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.whitworth.edu/2023/08/bryan-stevenson-author-lawyer-and.html">"Bryan Stevenson, Author, Lawyer and Founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, to be Featured Speaker at Whitworth President's Leadership Forum"</a>. <i>www.news.whitworth.edu</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.news.whitworth.edu&rft.atitle=Bryan+Stevenson%2C+Author%2C+Lawyer+and+Founder+of+the+Equal+Justice+Initiative%2C+to+be+Featured+Speaker+at+Whitworth+President%27s+Leadership+Forum&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.whitworth.edu%2F2023%2F08%2Fbryan-stevenson-author-lawyer-and.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-59">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLartey2019" class="citation news cs1">Lartey, Jamiles (June 26, 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/jun/26/bryan-stevenson-lawyer-true-justice-just-mercy">"Bryan Stevenson: the lawyer devoting his life to fighting injustice"</a>. <i>The Guardian</i>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0261-3077">0261-3077</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 27,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=Bryan+Stevenson%3A+the+lawyer+devoting+his+life+to+fighting+injustice&rft.date=2019-06-26&rft.issn=0261-3077&rft.aulast=Lartey&rft.aufirst=Jamiles&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Ftv-and-radio%2F2019%2Fjun%2F26%2Fbryan-stevenson-lawyer-true-justice-just-mercy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-60">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://people.com/archive/bryan-stevenson-vol-44-no-22/">"Bryan Stevenson"</a>. <i>People</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 27,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=People&rft.atitle=Bryan+Stevenson&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpeople.com%2Farchive%2Fbryan-stevenson-vol-44-no-22%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-61"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-61">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLantz2020" class="citation web cs1">Lantz, Brianna (January 9, 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nationsmedia.org/bryan-stevenson/">"Breaking Bonds of Silence: An Interview with Bryan Stevenson"</a>. <i>Nations Media</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 27,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Nations+Media&rft.atitle=Breaking+Bonds+of+Silence%3A+An+Interview+with+Bryan+Stevenson&rft.date=2020-01-09&rft.aulast=Lantz&rft.aufirst=Brianna&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnationsmedia.org%2Fbryan-stevenson%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bryan_Stevenson&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Bryan_Stevenson" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Bryan Stevenson">Bryan Stevenson</a></span>.</div></div> </div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1555164/">Bryan Stevenson</a> at <a href="/wiki/IMDb_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="IMDb (identifier)">IMDb</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ted.com/speakers/bryan_stevenson">Bryan Stevenson</a> at <a href="/wiki/TED_(conference)" title="TED (conference)">TED</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2698978#P2611" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.c-span.org/person/?bryanstevenson">Appearances</a> on <a href="/wiki/C-SPAN" title="C-SPAN">C-SPAN</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2698978#P2190" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://charlierose.com/guests/5864">Bryan Stevenson</a> on <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Rose_(talk_show)" title="Charlie Rose (talk show)"><i>Charlie Rose</i></a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.zinnedproject.org/news/bryan-stevenson-on-the-history-of-racial-terror/">Bryan Stevenson on the History of Racial Terror in the United States</a>, from the Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online series.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEzra_Klein2018" class="citation podcast cs1">Ezra Klein (December 27, 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/best-of-bryan-stevenson/id1081584611?i=1000426561151&mt=2">"Best-of: Bryan Stevenson"</a>. <i>The Ezra Klein Show</i> (Podcast). Vox Media.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Best-of%3A+Bryan+Stevenson&rft.pub=Vox+Media&rft.date=2018-12-27&rft.au=Ezra+Klein&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcasts.apple.com%2Fus%2Fpodcast%2Fbest-of-bryan-stevenson%2Fid1081584611%3Fi%3D1000426561151%26mt%3D2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABryan+Stevenson" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list-with-group{text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid}.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-group,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-image,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-list{border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title{background-color:#ccf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-title{background-color:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-abovebelow{background-color:#e6e6ff}.mw-parser-output .navbox-even{background-color:#f7f7f7}.mw-parser-output .navbox-odd{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ul,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ul{padding:0.125em 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .navbox-image img{max-width:none!important}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .navbox{display:none!important}}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="NAACP_Image_Award_for_Outstanding_Literary_Work_–_Nonfiction" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:NAACP_Image_Award_for_Outstanding_Literary_Work_%E2%80%93_Nonfiction" title="Template:NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:NAACP_Image_Award_for_Outstanding_Literary_Work_%E2%80%93_Nonfiction" title="Template talk:NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:NAACP_Image_Award_for_Outstanding_Literary_Work_%E2%80%93_Nonfiction" title="Special:EditPage/Template:NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="NAACP_Image_Award_for_Outstanding_Literary_Work_–_Nonfiction" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/NAACP_Image_Award_for_Outstanding_Literary_Work_%E2%80%93_Nonfiction" title="NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction">NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>By Any Means Necessary: The Trials and Tribulations of the Making of 'Malcolm X</i> – <a href="/wiki/Spike_Lee" title="Spike Lee">Spike Lee</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Wiley" title="Ralph Wiley">Ralph Wiley</a> (1993)</li> <li>No Award (1994)</li> <li><i>When We Were Colored</i> – <a href="/wiki/Clifton_Taulbert" title="Clifton Taulbert">Clifton Taulbert</a> (1995)</li> <li>No Award (1996)</li> <li>No Award (1997)</li> <li><i>With Ossie & Ruby: In This Life Together</i> – <a href="/wiki/Ossie_Davis" title="Ossie Davis">Ossie Davis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ruby_Dee" title="Ruby Dee">Ruby Dee</a> (1998)</li> <li>No Award (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>No Award (2000)</li> <li><i>Sally Hemmings, An American Scandal</i> – <a href="/wiki/Tina_Andrews" title="Tina Andrews">Tina Andrews</a> (2001)</li> <li><i>Keeping the Faith: Stories of Love, Courage, Healing, and Hope from Black America</i> – <a href="/wiki/Tavis_Smiley" title="Tavis Smiley">Tavis Smiley</a> (2002)</li> <li><i>Why I Love Black Women</i> – <a href="/wiki/Michael_Eric_Dyson" title="Michael Eric Dyson">Michael Eric Dyson</a> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hallelujah!_The_Welcome_Table" title="Hallelujah! The Welcome Table">Hallelujah! The Welcome Table</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Maya_Angelou" title="Maya Angelou">Maya Angelou</a> (2004)</li> <li><i>Is Bill Cosby Right? Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?</i> – <a href="/wiki/Michael_Eric_Dyson" title="Michael Eric Dyson">Michael Eric Dyson</a> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Audacity_of_Hope" title="The Audacity of Hope">The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Not_on_Our_Watch" title="Not on Our Watch">Not on Our Watch</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Don_Cheadle" title="Don Cheadle">Don Cheadle</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Prendergast_(activist)" title="John Prendergast (activist)">John Prendergast</a> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Letter_to_My_Daughter" title="Letter to My Daughter">Letter to My Daughter</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Maya_Angelou" title="Maya Angelou">Maya Angelou</a> (2008)</li> <li><i>In Search of Our Roots</i> – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Louis_Gates_Jr." title="Henry Louis Gates Jr.">Henry Louis Gates Jr.</a> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Jim_Crow" title="The New Jim Crow">The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Alexander" title="Michelle Alexander">Michelle Alexander</a> (2010)</li> <li><i>The Wealth Cure: Putting Money in Its Place</i> – <a href="/wiki/Hill_Harper" title="Hill Harper">Hill Harper</a> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Oath:_The_Obama_White_House_and_the_Supreme_Court" title="The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court">The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Toobin" title="Jeffrey Toobin">Jeffrey Toobin</a> (2012)</li> <li><i>Envisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the End of Slavery</i> – <a href="/wiki/Deborah_Willis_(author)" title="Deborah Willis (author)">Deborah Willis</a> and Barbara Krauthamer (2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Just_Mercy_(book)" title="Just Mercy (book)">Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption</a></i> – <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Bryan Stevenson</a> (2014)</li> <li><i>Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga</i> – Pamela Newkirk (2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hidden_Figures_(book)" title="Hidden Figures (book)">Hidden Figures</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Margot_Lee_Shetterly" title="Margot Lee Shetterly">Margot Lee Shetterly</a> (2016)</li> <li><i>Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies</i> – <a href="/wiki/Dick_Gregory" title="Dick Gregory">Dick Gregory</a> (2017)</li> <li><i>For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics</i> – <a href="/wiki/Donna_Brazile" title="Donna Brazile">Donna Brazile</a>, Yolanda Caraway, <a href="/wiki/Leah_D._Daughtry" title="Leah D. Daughtry">Leah D. Daughtry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minyon_Moore" title="Minyon Moore">Minyon Moore</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Veronica_Chambers" title="Veronica Chambers">Veronica Chambers</a> (2018)</li> <li><i>The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations</i> – <a href="/wiki/Toni_Morrison" title="Toni Morrison">Toni Morrison</a> (2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Promised_Land" title="A Promised Land">A Promised Land</a></i> – <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> (2020)</li> <li><i>The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story</i> – <a href="/wiki/Nikole_Hannah-Jones" title="Nikole Hannah-Jones">Nikole Hannah-Jones</a> (2021)</li> <li><i>Finding Me</i> – <a href="/wiki/Viola_Davis" title="Viola Davis">Viola Davis</a> (2022)</li> <li><i>The New Brownies’ Book: A Love Letter to Black Families</i> – Karida L. Brown and Charly Palmer (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1130092004">.mw-parser-output .portal-bar{font-size:88%;font-weight:bold;display:flex;justify-content:center;align-items:baseline}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-bordered{padding:0 2em;background-color:#fdfdfd;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;clear:both;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-related{font-size:100%;justify-content:flex-start}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-unbordered{padding:0 1.7em;margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-header{margin:0 1em 0 0.5em;flex:0 0 auto;min-height:24px}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-content{display:flex;flex-flow:row wrap;flex:0 1 auto;padding:0.15em 0;column-gap:1em;align-items:baseline;margin:0;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-content-related{margin:0;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-item{display:inline-block;margin:0.15em 0.2em;min-height:24px;line-height:24px}@media screen and (max-width:768px){.mw-parser-output .portal-bar{font-size:88%;font-weight:bold;display:flex;flex-flow:column wrap;align-items:baseline}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-header{text-align:center;flex:0;padding-left:0.5em;margin:0 auto}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-related{font-size:100%;align-items:flex-start}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-content{display:flex;flex-flow:row wrap;align-items:center;flex:0;column-gap:1em;border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1;margin:0 auto;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portal-bar-content-related{border-top:none;margin:0;list-style:none}}.mw-parser-output .navbox+link+.portal-bar,.mw-parser-output .navbox+style+.portal-bar,.mw-parser-output .navbox+link+.portal-bar-bordered,.mw-parser-output .navbox+style+.portal-bar-bordered,.mw-parser-output .sister-bar+link+.portal-bar,.mw-parser-output .sister-bar+style+.portal-bar,.mw-parser-output .portal-bar+.navbox-styles+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .portal-bar+.navbox-styles+.sister-bar{margin-top:-1px}</style><div class="portal-bar noprint metadata noviewer portal-bar-bordered" role="navigation" aria-label="Portals"><span class="portal-bar-header"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Portals" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Portals">Portals</a>:</span><ul class="portal-bar-content"><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/P_vip.svg/19px-P_vip.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/P_vip.svg/28px-P_vip.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/P_vip.svg/37px-P_vip.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1911" data-file-height="1944" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Biography" title="Portal:Biography">Biography</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Balance,_by_David.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Balance%2C_by_David.svg/21px-Balance%2C_by_David.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Balance%2C_by_David.svg/32px-Balance%2C_by_David.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Balance%2C_by_David.svg/41px-Balance%2C_by_David.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="606" data-file-height="558" /></a></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Law" title="Portal:Law">Law</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/21px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/32px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/42px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:United_States" title="Portal:United States">United States</a></li></ul></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox authority-control" aria-labelledby="Authority_control_databases_frameless&#124;text-top&#124;10px&#124;alt=Edit_this_at_Wikidata&#124;link=https&#58;//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2698978#identifiers&#124;class=noprint&#124;Edit_this_at_Wikidata" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Authority_control_databases_frameless&#124;text-top&#124;10px&#124;alt=Edit_this_at_Wikidata&#124;link=https&#58;//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2698978#identifiers&#124;class=noprint&#124;Edit_this_at_Wikidata" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Help:Authority_control" title="Help:Authority control">Authority control databases</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2698978#identifiers" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">International</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://isni.org/isni/0000000457338264">ISNI</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://viaf.org/viaf/54144648307661510122">VIAF</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1676869/">FAST</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJycRmYGKvb7xmQcjh78md">WorldCat</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://d-nb.info/gnd/1077230230">Germany</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://id.loc.gov/authorities/no2007063227">United States</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://aleph.nkp.cz/F/?func=find-c&local_base=aut&ccl_term=ica=jo20181015097&CON_LNG=ENG">Czech Republic</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://data.bibliotheken.nl/id/thes/p40143379X">Netherlands</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dbn.bn.org.pl/descriptor-details/9811517407505606">Poland</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://olduli.nli.org.il/F/?func=find-b&local_base=NLX10&find_code=UID&request=987007426484805171">Israel</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://opac.kbr.be/LIBRARY/doc/AUTHORITY/14523127">Belgium</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/person/gnd/1077230230">DDB</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.idref.fr/200684213">IdRef</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bryan_Stevenson&oldid=1259241683">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bryan_Stevenson&oldid=1259241683</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:1959_births" title="Category:1959 births">1959 births</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Living_people" title="Category:Living people">Living people</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:20th-century_African-American_academics" title="Category:20th-century African-American academics">20th-century African-American academics</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:20th-century_African-American_lawyers" title="Category:20th-century African-American lawyers">20th-century African-American lawyers</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:20th-century_American_academics" title="Category:20th-century American academics">20th-century American academics</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:20th-century_American_lawyers" title="Category:20th-century American lawyers">20th-century American lawyers</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:21st-century_African-American_academics" title="Category:21st-century African-American academics">21st-century African-American academics</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:21st-century_African-American_lawyers" title="Category:21st-century African-American lawyers">21st-century African-American lawyers</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:21st-century_American_academics" title="Category:21st-century American academics">21st-century American academics</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:21st-century_American_lawyers" title="Category:21st-century American lawyers">21st-century American lawyers</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Academics_from_Delaware" title="Category:Academics from Delaware">Academics from Delaware</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Activists_for_African-American_civil_rights" title="Category:Activists for African-American civil rights">Activists for African-American civil rights</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:African-American_activists" title="Category:African-American activists">African-American activists</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:African-American_Christians" title="Category:African-American Christians">African-American Christians</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:African-American_legal_scholars" title="Category:African-American legal scholars">African-American legal scholars</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:African-American_writers" title="Category:African-American writers">African-American writers</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Alabama_lawyers" title="Category:Alabama lawyers">Alabama lawyers</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:American_anti%E2%80%93death_penalty_activists" title="Category:American anti–death penalty activists">American anti–death penalty activists</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:American_anti-racism_activists" title="Category:American anti-racism activists">American anti-racism activists</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:American_children%27s_rights_activists" title="Category:American children's rights activists">American children's rights activists</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:American_civil_rights_lawyers" title="Category:American civil rights lawyers">American civil rights lawyers</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:American_criminal_defense_lawyers" title="Category:American criminal defense lawyers">American criminal defense lawyers</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:American_legal_scholars" title="Category:American legal scholars">American legal scholars</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:American_prison_reformers" title="Category:American prison reformers">American prison reformers</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:American_social_justice_activists" title="Category:American social justice activists">American social justice activists</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Eastern_University_(United_States)_alumni" title="Category:Eastern University (United States) alumni">Eastern University (United States) alumni</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Harvard_Kennedy_School_alumni" title="Category:Harvard Kennedy School alumni">Harvard Kennedy School alumni</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Harvard_Law_School_alumni" title="Category:Harvard Law School alumni">Harvard Law School alumni</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:MacArthur_Fellows" title="Category:MacArthur Fellows">MacArthur Fellows</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:New_York_University_School_of_Law_faculty" title="Category:New York University School of Law faculty">New York University School of Law faculty</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Olof_Palme_Prize_laureates" title="Category:Olof Palme Prize laureates">Olof Palme Prize laureates</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:People_from_Milton,_Delaware" title="Category:People from Milton, Delaware">People from Milton, Delaware</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Members_of_the_American_Philosophical_Society" title="Category:Members of the American Philosophical Society">Members of the American Philosophical Society</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Writers_from_Montgomery,_Alabama" title="Category:Writers from Montgomery, Alabama">Writers from Montgomery, Alabama</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:TED_talk_template_with_ID_not_in_Wikidata" title="Category:TED talk template with ID not in Wikidata">TED talk template with ID not in Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_unfit_URL" title="Category:CS1 maint: unfit URL">CS1 maint: unfit URL</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_Swedish-language_sources_(sv)" title="Category:CS1 Swedish-language sources (sv)">CS1 Swedish-language sources (sv)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_is_different_from_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description is different from Wikidata">Short description is different from Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Use_mdy_dates_from_November_2020" title="Category:Use mdy dates from November 2020">Use mdy dates from November 2020</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Use_American_English_from_April_2021" title="Category:Use American English from April 2021">Use American English from April 2021</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:All_Wikipedia_articles_written_in_American_English" title="Category:All Wikipedia articles written in American English">All Wikipedia articles written in American English</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_hCards" title="Category:Articles with hCards">Articles with hCards</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Commons_category_link_from_Wikidata" title="Category:Commons category link from Wikidata">Commons category link from Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:People_appearing_on_C-SPAN" title="Category:People appearing on C-SPAN">People appearing on C-SPAN</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 24 November 2024, at 03:48<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a> and <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy">Privacy Policy</a>. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/">Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.</a>, a non-profit organization.</li> </ul> <ul id="footer-places"> <li id="footer-places-privacy"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy">Privacy policy</a></li> <li id="footer-places-about"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About">About Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-disclaimers"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer">Disclaimers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-contact"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us">Contact Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-wm-codeofconduct"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li id="footer-places-developers"><a href="https://developer.wikimedia.org">Developers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-statslink"><a href="https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org">Statistics</a></li> <li id="footer-places-cookiestatement"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Cookie_statement">Cookie statement</a></li> <li id="footer-places-mobileview"><a href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bryan_Stevenson&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile" class="noprint stopMobileRedirectToggle">Mobile view</a></li> </ul> <ul id="footer-icons" class="noprint"> <li id="footer-copyrightico"><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/static/images/footer/wikimedia-button.svg" width="84" height="29" alt="Wikimedia Foundation" loading="lazy"></a></li> <li id="footer-poweredbyico"><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki.svg" alt="Powered by MediaWiki" width="88" height="31" loading="lazy"></a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-settings" id="p-dock-bottom"> <ul></ul> </div><script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.config.set({"wgHostname":"mw-web.codfw.main-f69cdc8f6-c5gcc","wgBackendResponseTime":237,"wgPageParseReport":{"limitreport":{"cputime":"1.167","walltime":"1.343","ppvisitednodes":{"value":5866,"limit":1000000},"postexpandincludesize":{"value":142515,"limit":2097152},"templateargumentsize":{"value":3537,"limit":2097152},"expansiondepth":{"value":14,"limit":100},"expensivefunctioncount":{"value":6,"limit":500},"unstrip-depth":{"value":1,"limit":20},"unstrip-size":{"value":236775,"limit":5000000},"entityaccesscount":{"value":1,"limit":400},"timingprofile":["100.00% 1190.951 1 -total"," 33.13% 394.564 1 Template:Reflist"," 17.47% 208.004 40 Template:Cite_web"," 16.71% 198.977 1 Template:Infobox_person"," 8.62% 102.629 1 Template:NAACP_Image_Award_for_Outstanding_Literary_Work_–_Nonfiction"," 8.42% 100.228 1 Template:Navbox"," 8.08% 96.220 3 Template:Cite_journal"," 7.28% 86.703 4 Template:Br_separated_entries"," 6.70% 79.794 1 Template:Short_description"," 5.30% 63.082 1 Template:Birth_date_and_age"]},"scribunto":{"limitreport-timeusage":{"value":"0.721","limit":"10.000"},"limitreport-memusage":{"value":8289830,"limit":52428800}},"cachereport":{"origin":"mw-api-ext.codfw.main-7556f8b5dd-s2vpn","timestamp":"20241124034831","ttl":2592000,"transientcontent":false}}});});</script> <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Article","name":"Bryan Stevenson","url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bryan_Stevenson","sameAs":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q2698978","mainEntity":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q2698978","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Contributors to Wikimedia projects"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.wikimedia.org\/static\/images\/wmf-hor-googpub.png"}},"datePublished":"2007-10-24T04:10:21Z","dateModified":"2024-11-24T03:48:30Z","image":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/1\/11\/Bryan_Stevenson_at_TED_2012.jpg","headline":"American lawyer, social reformer and academic"}</script> </body> </html>