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We work to end mass incarceration, excessive punishment, and racial inequality. Led by Bryan Stevenson. Creators of .

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    Sep 16

    Every day thousands of children across the country attend schools named in honor of Confederate leaders who fought to preserve slavery and racial hierarchy in America.

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  2. 12 hours ago

    On Wednesday, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a slate of bills targeting the legacy of racial injustice in the state’s legal system and implementing important changes in the treatment of children.

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  3. 14 hours ago

    On this day in 1930, white neighbors attacked the home of seven Black women in Colorado, who had integrated an all-white neighborhood, forcing them to move. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. Share this

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    Oct 1

    🇺🇸 Civil rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson receives the 2020 Award "for his inspiring endeavour to reform the US criminal justice system and advance racial reconciliation in the face of historic trauma." Read more ➡️

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    Oct 1

    Live in 20 mins with and 's Bryan Stevenson to discuss his anti-poverty efforts, racial discrimination in the criminal justice system & the on-going protests against police brutality across the United States. Stream here:

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  6. Oct 1

    On this day in 1939, a North Carolina sheriff arrested a young Black woman for shouting a warning to a young Black man to help him avoid being lynched by a white mob. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. Share this

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    Sep 30

    On this day in 1919, enraged white mobs began a massacre of hundreds of Black people, after white men attempted to invade a Black farmer's union meeting. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. Share this

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  8. Sep 30

    This month, the Tulsa Community Remembrance Coalition worked with EJI to unveil a historical marker about the 1921 racial terror massacre, which killed at least 36 Black people, destroyed a Black neighborhood, and displaced over 10,000 Black people.

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  9. Sep 30

    Despite this prolonged and deadly attack over the coming days, no white attackers were prosecuted, but twelve Black union members were convicted of riot-related charges and sentenced to death. Their convictions were eventually reversed on appeal by the U.S. Supreme Court.

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  10. Sep 30

    On this day in 1919, enraged white mobs began a massacre of hundreds of Black people, after white men attempted to invade a Black farmer's union meeting. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. Share this

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  11. Sep 29

    On this day in 1915, Alabama passed a law forbidding a Black male patient from being treated by any “white female nurse” in any public or private medical facility. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. Share this

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  12. Sep 28

    On this day in 1868, violence erupted in Opelousas, Louisiana, when white residents resentful of African Americans' new voting rights attacked and killed dozens. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. Share this

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    Sep 26

    "If we can look at ourselves closely, we can change this world for the better.” is now streaming.

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  14. Sep 27

    On this day in 1958, after violent resistance to integrating Little Rock Central High School, white residents voted to close public schools rather than integrate. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. Share this

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  15. Sep 26

    On this day in 1963, the Alabama Supreme Court upheld the contempt conviction of Mary Hamilton, a Black woman who would not let a district attorney disrespect her. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. Share this

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  16. Sep 25

    On this day in 1962, a Black church in Macon, Georgia, was burned to the ground. In the past weeks, four other Black churches in Georgia had been destroyed by fire. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. Share this

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  17. Sep 24

    On this day in 1964, a crowd of at least 7,500 white demonstrators marched in New York City to protest against racial integration in the city’s public school system. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. Share this

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  18. Sep 23

    We are honored that "True Justice" won the Emmy Award last night for best Social Issue Documentary.

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    The Award in Social Issue Documentary goes to... True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality │
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  19. Sep 23

    Before the Trump administration resumed executions, the federal government had executed just 3 people over the prior 56 years. This unprecedented number and pace of executions comes despite growing evidence that lethal injections cause suffocation and severe pain.

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  20. Sep 23

    Last night, William LeCroy became the sixth person executed by the federal government this year. Tomorrow, the government plans to execute Christopher Vialva, who would be the first African American on federal death row to be executed this year.

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  21. Sep 23

    "It's the spectacle of expecting Black kids to cheer and be proud of school names that were designed to denigrate, exclude and oppress them that dramatizes how problematic it is that we still have these schools named the way they're named" Bryan Stevenson

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