A Lecture by Bryan Stevenson, Founder of the Equal Justice Initiative
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Paul Hall
- The Juilliard School, 155 W. 65th St., New York, NY 10023
Program information:
The 11th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Speaker Series: A Lecture by Bryan Stevenson, Founder of the Equal Justice Initiative
About Bryan Stevenson and the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI):
Bryan Stevenson is the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, a human rights organization committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society. He is also the best-selling author of Just Mercy.
Stevenson has argued and won multiple cases at the United States Supreme Court, including a 2019 ruling protecting condemned prisoners who suffer from dementia and a landmark 2012 ruling that banned mandatory life-imprisonment-without-parole sentences for all children 17 or younger. He and his staff have won reversals, relief, or release from prison for more than 140 wrongly condemned prisoners on death row and won relief for hundreds of others wrongly convicted or unfairly sentenced. In 2023, Stevenson was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Biden.
Hear more from Bryan Stevenson in this conversation with Wynton Marsalis, director of Juilliard Jazz, which was produced and animated by the Equal Justice Initiative.
Know before you go! Read the digital program.
About the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Speaker Series:
Annually, the Juilliard community joins the world in celebrating the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with a series of events including the Annual MLK Lecture Series. Past speakers include Melissa Harris-Perry, Dr. Clarence B. Jones, and Arnhold Creative Associate Rhiannon Giddens.
Juilliard’s creative enterprise programming, including the Creative Associates program, is generously supported by Jody and John Arnhold and the Arnhold Foundation.
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