For more than three decades, Alabama public interest attorney Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, has advocated on behalf of the poor, the incarcerated and the condemned, seeking to eradicate racial discrimination in the criminal justice system. An intimate portrait of this remarkable man, True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s FIght for Equality follows his struggle to create greater fairness in the system and shows how racial injustice emerged, evolved and continues to threaten the country, challenging viewers to confront it. Read More

“It’s important to understand all the ugly details so we can one day claim something really beautiful.”

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Angela Rye and attorney Bryan Stevenson discuss his work with the Equal Justice Initiative and the imperative need to keep conversations about race and our racial history in our social consciousness.
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