Tag: Equal Justice Initiative

  • Nation & World

    ‘Just Mercy’ in the criminal justice system

    At a talk following a recent screening of “Just Mercy,” Harvard professors discussed the death penalty as “a point of meditation.”

    7 minutes
    Just Mercy film still.
  • Nation & World

    ‘The work of culture alters our perceptions’

    The two-day “Vision & Justice” conference at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study brought together a wide range of scholars and artists for performances and discussions considering the role of the arts in understanding the nexus of art, race, and justice.

    9 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Yes, you can change the world, says Bryan Stevenson

    When lawyer and social activist Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, spoke at the Kennedy School Tuesday, his topic was nothing less than changing the world, something that he urged everyone in the capacity crowd to think of as both a responsibility and a possibility.

    4 minutes
    Bryan Stevenson at the Kennedy School.
  • Nation & World

    The great eight

    Bestowed by the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, eight laureates received the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal at Sanders Theatre for their contributions to African and African-American history and culture.

    4 minutes
    Du Bois Medalists
  • Nation & World

    The need to talk about race

    Lawyer and social activist Bryan Stevenson delivered the Tanner Lecture on Human Values, announcing the opening of a memorial to victims of lynching and a museum on the legacy of slavery next April.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Planning a life for others

    Before he was a graduate of Harvard, Jeffrey Lynn Hall Jr. was a graduate of the streets of St. Louis, which taught him to look back and to give back.

    4 minutes