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Bryan Stevenson: We need to talk about an injustice | TED
In an engaging and personal talk -- with cameo appearances from his grandmother and Rosa Parks -- human rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson shares some hard truths about America's justice system, starting with a massive imbalance along racial lines: a third of the country's black male population has been incarcerated at some point in their lives. These issues, which are wrapped up in America's unexamined history, are rarely talked about with this level of candor, insight and persuasiveness.
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published: 05 Mar 2012
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Bryan Stevenson's Remarkable Speech On How To Change The World
published: 23 Nov 2017
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True Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fight For Equality – Full Film
HBO Documentary Films and Kunhardt Film Foundation present "True Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fight For Equality."
In the last half-century, America has become the nation with the highest rate of incarceration in the world, authorized the execution of hundreds of condemned prisoners and continued to struggle to recover from a long history of racial injustice. 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 t...
published: 23 Dec 2019
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From the 60 Minutes archives: The true story behind “Just Mercy”
In 1992, Ed Bradley reported that the wrong man might have been sitting on Alabama’s death row. "Just Mercy," a movie about the case, opens in theaters this week. https://cbsn.ws/2QH15yf
Subscribe to the "60 Minutes" Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/1S7CLRu
Watch Full Episodes of "60 Minutes" HERE: http://cbsn.ws/1Qkjo1F
Get more "60 Minutes" from "60 Minutes: Overtime" HERE: http://cbsn.ws/1KG3sdr
Relive past episodies and interviews with "60 Rewind" HERE: http://cbsn.ws/1PlZiGI
Follow "60 Minutes" on Instagram HERE: http://bit.ly/23Xv8Ry
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Get unlimited ad-free viewing of the latest stories plus access to classic 60 M...
published: 09 Jan 2020
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Michael B. Jordan and ‘Just Mercy’ Inspiration Bryan Stevenson on Racial Inequality
Michael B. Jordan talked with Ellen about his new movie “Just Mercy,” and was later joined by Bryan Stevenson, the real-life activist attorney he portrays in the movie. Stevenson talked about the inequality of the criminal justice system in America, and how he felt about Michael B. Jordan being cast to play him on the big screen. Plus, Ellen and her friends at Green Dot Bank surprised him with $50,000 for his organization, the Equal Justice Initiative.
Brought to you by: Green Dot Bank
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published: 08 Jan 2020
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Bryan Stevenson ’85 | "We can't recover from this history until we deal with it."
Bryan Stevenson ’85 discusses the legacy of slavery and the vision behind creating the National Memorial for Peace and Justice and The Legacy Museum in Montgomery Alabama.
Stevenson is the founder and Executive Director of Equal Justice Initiative, an organization that provides legal assistance to death row prisoners, prisoners facing unduly harsh sentences, and juveniles sentenced as adults.
Camera:
Martin Albert
Lorin Granger
Interview: Chris Jennings
Editing:
Lorin Granger
Music:
Enzo Orefice "Photograph," licensed through Getty Images
Nine Inch Nails "9 Ghosts I," "12 Ghosts II," used according to a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/)
published: 30 Jan 2019
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We need to talk about an injustice - Bryan Stevenson
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/we-need-to-talk-about-an-injustice-bryan-stevenson
In an engaging and personal talk -- with cameo appearances from his grandmother and Rosa Parks -- human rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson shares some hard truths about America's justice system, starting with a massive imbalance along racial lines: a third of the country's black male population has been incarcerated at some point in their lives. These issues, which are wrapped up in America's unexamined history, are rarely talked about with this level of candor, insight and persuasiveness.
Talk by Bryan Stevenson.
published: 12 Apr 2013
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MLK Day keynote speaker: Bryan Stevenson, Founder of Equal Justice Initiative
Stevenson argued a case in Supreme Court in 2012 that banned mandatory life-imprisonment-without-parole sentences for all children 17 or younger. He told stories about perseverance in his life.
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published: 16 Jan 2023
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Beyond Colonial Histories: Transatlantic Slave Trade - Professor Bryan Stevenson | United Nations
Bryan Stevenson, founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative, which operates the Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice delivered the keynote lecture at an event entitled “Beyond Colonial Histories” which was part of commemorative activities for the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Organized the Outreach Programme on the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Slavery in collaboration with the Rijksmuseum, the National Museum of the Netherlands, and supported by the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations and the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in New York, the event marked the conclusion of the Rijksmu...
published: 31 Mar 2023
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Bryan Stevenson Awarded National Humanities Medal
On March 21, 2023, President Joe Biden awarded Bryan Stevenson the National Humanities Medal, which honors individuals or groups whose work has deepened the nation's understanding of the humanities and broadened our citizens' engagement with history, literature, languages, philosophy, and other humanities subjects.
published: 22 Mar 2023
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Bryan Stevenson: We need to talk about an injustice | TED
In an engaging and personal talk -- with cameo appearances from his grandmother and Rosa Parks -- human rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson shares some hard truths ab...
In an engaging and personal talk -- with cameo appearances from his grandmother and Rosa Parks -- human rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson shares some hard truths about America's justice system, starting with a massive imbalance along racial lines: a third of the country's black male population has been incarcerated at some point in their lives. These issues, which are wrapped up in America's unexamined history, are rarely talked about with this level of candor, insight and persuasiveness.
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In an engaging and personal talk -- with cameo appearances from his grandmother and Rosa Parks -- human rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson shares some hard truths about America's justice system, starting with a massive imbalance along racial lines: a third of the country's black male population has been incarcerated at some point in their lives. These issues, which are wrapped up in America's unexamined history, are rarely talked about with this level of candor, insight and persuasiveness.
Visit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more.
The TED Talks channel features the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and more. You're welcome to link to or embed these videos, forward them to others and share these ideas with people you know.
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- published: 05 Mar 2012
- views: 1804966
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True Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fight For Equality – Full Film
HBO Documentary Films and Kunhardt Film Foundation present "True Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fight For Equality."
In the last half-century, America has become t...
HBO Documentary Films and Kunhardt Film Foundation present "True Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fight For Equality."
In the last half-century, America has become the nation with the highest rate of incarceration in the world, authorized the execution of hundreds of condemned prisoners and continued to struggle to recover from a long history of racial injustice. 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.
To host a screening of True Justice, please email
[email protected]
True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality is a co-production of HBO and Kunhardt Films; produced and directed by Peter Kunhardt, George Kunhardt and Teddy Kunhardt; executive produced by Trey Ellis and Peter Kunhardt; edited and produced by Maya Mumma, ACE. For HBO: executive produced by Jacqueline Glover, Nancy Abraham and Lisa Heller.
Kunhardt Films’ HBO credits include the Emmy-winning Jim: The James Foley Story, the Emmy-winning Teddy: In His Own Words, the Emmy-nominated Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words, the Emmy-nominated Gloria: In Her Own Words, The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee, Becoming Warren Buffett, King in the Wilderness and John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls.
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HBO Documentary Films and Kunhardt Film Foundation present "True Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fight For Equality."
In the last half-century, America has become the nation with the highest rate of incarceration in the world, authorized the execution of hundreds of condemned prisoners and continued to struggle to recover from a long history of racial injustice. 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.
To host a screening of True Justice, please email
[email protected]
True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality is a co-production of HBO and Kunhardt Films; produced and directed by Peter Kunhardt, George Kunhardt and Teddy Kunhardt; executive produced by Trey Ellis and Peter Kunhardt; edited and produced by Maya Mumma, ACE. For HBO: executive produced by Jacqueline Glover, Nancy Abraham and Lisa Heller.
Kunhardt Films’ HBO credits include the Emmy-winning Jim: The James Foley Story, the Emmy-winning Teddy: In His Own Words, the Emmy-nominated Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words, the Emmy-nominated Gloria: In Her Own Words, The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee, Becoming Warren Buffett, King in the Wilderness and John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls.
Subscribe for access to interviews, series, films, and educational materials that address issues of social justice, history, politics, the arts, and culture by spotlighting relatable human stories of purpose and meaning. Learn about our work and how to support our mission here: https://www.lifestories.org/. For extended versions of these interviews and more, visit: https://www.youtube.com/@lifestoriesinterviewarchive
Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifestoriesinterviews/
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- published: 23 Dec 2019
- views: 306276
15:11
From the 60 Minutes archives: The true story behind “Just Mercy”
In 1992, Ed Bradley reported that the wrong man might have been sitting on
Alabama’s death row. "Just Mercy," a movie about the case, opens in theaters this wee...
In 1992, Ed Bradley reported that the wrong man might have been sitting on
Alabama’s death row. "Just Mercy," a movie about the case, opens in theaters this week. https://cbsn.ws/2QH15yf
Subscribe to the "60 Minutes" Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/1S7CLRu
Watch Full Episodes of "60 Minutes" HERE: http://cbsn.ws/1Qkjo1F
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"60 Minutes," the most successful television broadcast in history. Offering hard-hitting investigative reports, interviews, feature segments and profiles of people in the news, the broadcast began in 1968 and is still a hit, over 50 seasons later, regularly making Nielsen's Top 10. "60 Minutes" has won more Emmy Awards than any other primetime broadcast, including a special Lifetime Achievement Emmy. It has also won every major broadcast journalism award over its tenure, including 24 Peabody and 18 DuPont Columbia University awards for excellence in television broadcasting. Other distinguished awards won multiple times include the George Polk, RTNDA Edward R. Murrow, Investigative Reporters and Editors, RFK Journalism, Sigma Delta Chi and Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Reporting. "60 Minutes" premiered on CBS Sept. 24, 1968. The correspondents and contributors of "60 Minutes" are Bill Whitaker, Steve Kroft, Scott Pelley, Lesley Stahl, Anderson Cooper, Sharyn Alfonsi, Jon Wertheim and Norah O'Donnell. "60 Minutes" airs Sundays at 7 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.
https://wn.com/From_The_60_Minutes_Archives_The_True_Story_Behind_“Just_Mercy”
In 1992, Ed Bradley reported that the wrong man might have been sitting on
Alabama’s death row. "Just Mercy," a movie about the case, opens in theaters this week. https://cbsn.ws/2QH15yf
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"60 Minutes," the most successful television broadcast in history. Offering hard-hitting investigative reports, interviews, feature segments and profiles of people in the news, the broadcast began in 1968 and is still a hit, over 50 seasons later, regularly making Nielsen's Top 10. "60 Minutes" has won more Emmy Awards than any other primetime broadcast, including a special Lifetime Achievement Emmy. It has also won every major broadcast journalism award over its tenure, including 24 Peabody and 18 DuPont Columbia University awards for excellence in television broadcasting. Other distinguished awards won multiple times include the George Polk, RTNDA Edward R. Murrow, Investigative Reporters and Editors, RFK Journalism, Sigma Delta Chi and Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Reporting. "60 Minutes" premiered on CBS Sept. 24, 1968. The correspondents and contributors of "60 Minutes" are Bill Whitaker, Steve Kroft, Scott Pelley, Lesley Stahl, Anderson Cooper, Sharyn Alfonsi, Jon Wertheim and Norah O'Donnell. "60 Minutes" airs Sundays at 7 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.
- published: 09 Jan 2020
- views: 2789968
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Michael B. Jordan and ‘Just Mercy’ Inspiration Bryan Stevenson on Racial Inequality
Michael B. Jordan talked with Ellen about his new movie “Just Mercy,” and was later joined by Bryan Stevenson, the real-life activist attorney he portrays in th...
Michael B. Jordan talked with Ellen about his new movie “Just Mercy,” and was later joined by Bryan Stevenson, the real-life activist attorney he portrays in the movie. Stevenson talked about the inequality of the criminal justice system in America, and how he felt about Michael B. Jordan being cast to play him on the big screen. Plus, Ellen and her friends at Green Dot Bank surprised him with $50,000 for his organization, the Equal Justice Initiative.
Brought to you by: Green Dot Bank
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#TheEllenShow
#EllenDeGeneres
https://wn.com/Michael_B._Jordan_And_‘Just_Mercy’_Inspiration_Bryan_Stevenson_On_Racial_Inequality
Michael B. Jordan talked with Ellen about his new movie “Just Mercy,” and was later joined by Bryan Stevenson, the real-life activist attorney he portrays in the movie. Stevenson talked about the inequality of the criminal justice system in America, and how he felt about Michael B. Jordan being cast to play him on the big screen. Plus, Ellen and her friends at Green Dot Bank surprised him with $50,000 for his organization, the Equal Justice Initiative.
Brought to you by: Green Dot Bank
#MichaelBJordan
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#EllenDeGeneres
- published: 08 Jan 2020
- views: 619446
6:14
Bryan Stevenson ’85 | "We can't recover from this history until we deal with it."
Bryan Stevenson ’85 discusses the legacy of slavery and the vision behind creating the National Memorial for Peace and Justice and The Legacy Museum in Montgome...
Bryan Stevenson ’85 discusses the legacy of slavery and the vision behind creating the National Memorial for Peace and Justice and The Legacy Museum in Montgomery
Alabama.
Stevenson is the founder and Executive Director of Equal Justice Initiative, an organization that provides legal assistance to death row prisoners, prisoners facing unduly harsh sentences, and juveniles sentenced as adults.
Camera:
Martin Albert
Lorin Granger
Interview: Chris Jennings
Editing:
Lorin Granger
Music:
Enzo Orefice "Photograph," licensed through Getty Images
Nine Inch Nails "9 Ghosts I," "12 Ghosts II," used according to a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/)
https://wn.com/Bryan_Stevenson_’85_|_We_Can't_Recover_From_This_History_Until_We_Deal_With_It.
Bryan Stevenson ’85 discusses the legacy of slavery and the vision behind creating the National Memorial for Peace and Justice and The Legacy Museum in Montgomery
Alabama.
Stevenson is the founder and Executive Director of Equal Justice Initiative, an organization that provides legal assistance to death row prisoners, prisoners facing unduly harsh sentences, and juveniles sentenced as adults.
Camera:
Martin Albert
Lorin Granger
Interview: Chris Jennings
Editing:
Lorin Granger
Music:
Enzo Orefice "Photograph," licensed through Getty Images
Nine Inch Nails "9 Ghosts I," "12 Ghosts II," used according to a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/)
- published: 30 Jan 2019
- views: 89467
23:41
We need to talk about an injustice - Bryan Stevenson
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/we-need-to-talk-about-an-injustice-bryan-stevenson
In an engaging and personal talk -- with cameo appearances from ...
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/we-need-to-talk-about-an-injustice-bryan-stevenson
In an engaging and personal talk -- with cameo appearances from his grandmother and Rosa Parks -- human rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson shares some hard truths about America's justice system, starting with a massive imbalance along racial lines: a third of the country's black male population has been incarcerated at some point in their lives. These issues, which are wrapped up in America's unexamined history, are rarely talked about with this level of candor, insight and persuasiveness.
Talk by Bryan Stevenson.
https://wn.com/We_Need_To_Talk_About_An_Injustice_Bryan_Stevenson
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/we-need-to-talk-about-an-injustice-bryan-stevenson
In an engaging and personal talk -- with cameo appearances from his grandmother and Rosa Parks -- human rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson shares some hard truths about America's justice system, starting with a massive imbalance along racial lines: a third of the country's black male population has been incarcerated at some point in their lives. These issues, which are wrapped up in America's unexamined history, are rarely talked about with this level of candor, insight and persuasiveness.
Talk by Bryan Stevenson.
- published: 12 Apr 2013
- views: 139752
31:16
MLK Day keynote speaker: Bryan Stevenson, Founder of Equal Justice Initiative
Stevenson argued a case in Supreme Court in 2012 that banned mandatory life-imprisonment-without-parole sentences for all children 17 or younger. He told storie...
Stevenson argued a case in Supreme Court in 2012 that banned mandatory life-imprisonment-without-parole sentences for all children 17 or younger. He told stories about perseverance in his life.
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Stevenson argued a case in Supreme Court in 2012 that banned mandatory life-imprisonment-without-parole sentences for all children 17 or younger. He told stories about perseverance in his life.
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- published: 16 Jan 2023
- views: 90877
30:16
Beyond Colonial Histories: Transatlantic Slave Trade - Professor Bryan Stevenson | United Nations
Bryan Stevenson, founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative, which operates the Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration and th...
Bryan Stevenson, founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative, which operates the Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice delivered the keynote lecture at an event entitled “Beyond Colonial Histories” which was part of commemorative activities for the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Organized the Outreach Programme on the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Slavery in collaboration with the Rijksmuseum, the National Museum of the Netherlands, and supported by the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations and the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in New York, the event marked the conclusion of the Rijksmuseum’s groundbreaking exhibition “Slavery.Ten True Stories of Dutch Colonial Slavery” which was on display at the United Nations Headquarters in New York between February – March 2023.
Mr. Stevenson is a lawyer, social justice activist, New York University law professor and author of “Just Mercy”. Mr. Stevenson has worked to exonerate over 135 innocent death row prisoners and hundreds of others wrongly convicted emphasizing that “the true measure of our character is how we treat the poor, the disfavored, the accused, the incarcerated, and the condemned”.
United Nations Outreach Programme on the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Slavery website: https://www.un.org/en/rememberslavery/film/enslaved
Watch full event on UN Web TV: https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1t/k1t8sbqrz6
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Bryan Stevenson, founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative, which operates the Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice delivered the keynote lecture at an event entitled “Beyond Colonial Histories” which was part of commemorative activities for the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Organized the Outreach Programme on the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Slavery in collaboration with the Rijksmuseum, the National Museum of the Netherlands, and supported by the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations and the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in New York, the event marked the conclusion of the Rijksmuseum’s groundbreaking exhibition “Slavery.Ten True Stories of Dutch Colonial Slavery” which was on display at the United Nations Headquarters in New York between February – March 2023.
Mr. Stevenson is a lawyer, social justice activist, New York University law professor and author of “Just Mercy”. Mr. Stevenson has worked to exonerate over 135 innocent death row prisoners and hundreds of others wrongly convicted emphasizing that “the true measure of our character is how we treat the poor, the disfavored, the accused, the incarcerated, and the condemned”.
United Nations Outreach Programme on the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Slavery website: https://www.un.org/en/rememberslavery/film/enslaved
Watch full event on UN Web TV: https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1t/k1t8sbqrz6
- published: 31 Mar 2023
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Bryan Stevenson Awarded National Humanities Medal
On March 21, 2023, President Joe Biden awarded Bryan Stevenson the National Humanities Medal, which honors individuals or groups whose work has deepened the nat...
On March 21, 2023, President Joe Biden awarded Bryan Stevenson the National Humanities Medal, which honors individuals or groups whose work has deepened the nation's understanding of the humanities and broadened our citizens' engagement with history, literature, languages, philosophy, and other humanities subjects.
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On March 21, 2023, President Joe Biden awarded Bryan Stevenson the National Humanities Medal, which honors individuals or groups whose work has deepened the nation's understanding of the humanities and broadened our citizens' engagement with history, literature, languages, philosophy, and other humanities subjects.
- published: 22 Mar 2023
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