Equal Justice Initiative @eji_org
We work to end mass incarceration, excessive punishment, and racial injustice. Led by Bryan Stevenson. Creators of the @legacysites #justmercy eji.org Montgomery, AL Joined June 2012-
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Join us for a night of extraordinary music in Montgomery, AL, on June 19, 2024. The Legacy Sites Juneteenth Concert will feature performances by award-winning artists Wynton Marsalis, Esperanza Spalding, Lizz Wright, Samara Joy, and Cory Henry. Tickets on sale now.…
On this day in 1959, a white mob in Mississippi killed a Black man named Mack Charles Parker. No one was ever prosecuted. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…
On this day in 1963, William Moore, a white man, was killed in Alabama as he was marching to Mississippi for civil rights. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…
On this day in 1987, the Supreme Court affirmed a Black man's death sentence, rejecting his claim of discrimination and finding racial bias is "an inevitable part of our criminal justice system." calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…
On this day in 2007, a Georgia high school held its first integrated prom. White parents still held a private, white-only prom, and some barred their children from attending the integrated prom. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…
On this day in 1965, an all-white jury acquitted future Georgia Governor Lester Maddox of all charges after he threatened three Black students at gunpoint for trying to eat in his segregated restaurant. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…
Lawsuits have been filed in state and federal court after the State of Alabama has scheduled the execution of Jamie Mills for May 30, 2024. eji.org/news/stay-of-e…
On this day in 1989, NYPD officers arrested five innocent Black and Latino teenagers, subjected them to coercive interrogation, and charged them with rape. All were sentenced to 5-13 years. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…
On this day in 1846, New Jersey enacted legislation that, rather than abolishing enslavement, bound Black people to indefinite servitude as “apprentices for life” at the will of white enslavers. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…
On this day in 1915, a white mob took a Black man named Caesar Sheffield from jail and shot him to death near Lake Park, Georgia, for allegedly stealing meat from a smokehouse. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…
On this day in 1945, three Black baseball players including Jackie Robinson were attacked during tryouts for the Boston Red Sox. The team refused to sign them and remained segregated until 1959. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…
On this day in 1903, several thousand white people lynched a Black man and attacked Black neighborhoods in Joplin, Missouri, burning homes and forcing every Black person to flee the city. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…
On this day in 1906, a white mob lynched Horace Duncan and Fred Coker, then lynched Will Allen the next day. All three men were innocent of any offense. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…
On this day in 1873, a mob of hundreds of armed white men attacked the Grant Parish courthouse in Colfax, Louisiana, killing an estimated 150 Black people, many of whom were trying to flee. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…
On this day in 1963, Bull Connor ordered dozens of people, including Dr. King, the Rev. Shuttlesworth, and the Rev. Abernathy, to be violently arrested during an anti-segregation march in Birmingham, AL. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…
On this day in 1913, President Woodrow Wilson authorized overt racial segregation in federal employment. Federal endorsement of Jim Crow policies was a significant blow to Black civil rights. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…
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So many of my clients are just like @RexChapman -addicts. But it reminds me of what if my favorite quotes: I believe that each person is more than the worst thing they've ever done- Bryan Stevenson
Went on “King Charles” to talk to the incandescent @GayleKing and my friend of four decades and SEC homeboy - Chuck. They couldn’t have been more comforting…
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Bryan Stevenson launched the nation’s first memorial dedicated to the legacy of Black Americans who were enslaved, terrorized by lynching, humiliated by racial segregation, presumed guilty, dangerous.
#OTD On March 6, 1857, SCOTUS ruled 7-2 that Dred Scott as a slave, was property & was not an American citizen and therefore could not sue for his freedom in federal court. It is considered one of the worst SCOTUS decisions. Read more at @eji_org: calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…
The Dred Scott case was decided by the U.S.Supreme Court 167 years ago today. No matter how many times I read it, the opinion still stings. It's riddled with a fundamental contradiction--enslavers deciding who is free @eji_org calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…
People forget case names often contain surnames of real ppl who lived, breathed, loved, laughed & cried like all of us. #DredScott v. Sandford is one of the most ignominious decisions the Supreme Court ever issued as @eji_org has thoughtfully reminded us with this powerful video.
In 1846, enslaved spouses Dred and Harriet Scott sued for their freedom after their enslaver brought them to territories where slavery was outlawed. Their case eventually reached the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled in Dred Scott v. Sandford that Black people were not American…
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Title: "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson "Just Mercy" is a powerful memoir written by Bryan Stevenson, a dedicated lawyer and social justice activist. In this compelling narrative, Stevenson shares his experiences working to defend the poor, the wrongly condemned, and those trapped…
My charitable donation this month is going to @eji_org (Equal Justice Initiative) in honor of Black History Month. I highly recommend Bryan Stevenson’s “Just Mercy” if you haven’t read it. He is the brilliant and kind founder of EJI.
For those who've asked me about the #bryanstevenson talk we refer to, please watch and enjoy here: youtube.com/live/jmqb5pkly…
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#dailyword Our brokenness is also the source of our common humanity, the basis for our shared search for comfort, meaning, and healing. Our shared vulnerability and imperfection nurtures and sustains our capacity for compassion. BRYAN STEVENSON
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