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FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2020, file photo, Equal Justice Initiative founder Bryan Stevenson speaks to the media at the EJI Legacy Pavilion in Montgomery, Ala. Stevenson was scheduled to meet with the NBA’s coaches over a Zoom call for a half-hour a few weeks ago. The call went more than three times that long, and from there a running dialogue was born. ( Mickey Welsh/Montgomery Advertiser via AP, File)

US lawyer depicted in ‘Just Mercy’ wins ‘alternative Nobel’

By JAY REEVES - Associated Press

Alabama lynching memorial to open at night

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Delaware native Bryan Stevenson fights for social justice

By MATT BITTLE and Delaware State News - Associated Press

This Dec. 16, 2019 photo shows actor Michael B. Jordan, left, and civil rights attorney Bryan Stevenson posing for a portrait in New York to promote the film &quot;Just Mercy.&quot; (Photo by Matt Licari/Invision/AP)

‘Just Mercy’ aims for justice on death row, and in Hollywood

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

Michael B. Jordan arrives for the Gala Premiere of the film &quot;Just Mercy&quot; at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival on Friday, Sept. 6, 2019. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

Jordan, Foxx debut injustice drama ‘Just Mercy’ at film fest

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

This undated image released by HBO shows civil rights attorney Bryan Stevenson from the documentary“True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality,” airing Wednesday on HBO. The film examines the legacy of lynchings of African Americans in the U.S. to those who have wrongly sat on death row. (Nick Frontiero/HBO via AP)

‘True Justice’ explores lawyer who defends death row inmates

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS - Associated Press

HBO documentary profiles work of Bryan Stevenson

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In this Wednesday, April 18, 2018 photo, Josephine Bolling McCall poses with a photo of her father, lynching victim Elmore Bolling, at her home in Montgomery, Ala. Bolling is among thousands of lynching victims remembered at the new National Memorial for Peace and Justice, erected with donations by the Alabama-based Equal Justice Initiative. The memorial and an accompanying museum, which aim to tell the story of racial oppression in the United States, open April 26. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)

New lynching memorial evokes terror of victims

By Kim Chandler - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013 file photo, razor wire and towers contain the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women, in Wetumpka, Ala. Julia Tutwiler Prison in Wetumpka is named for a legendary Alabamian who pushed for better conditions in state prisons. The director of the Equal Justice Initiative, Bryan Stevenson, says Julia Tutwiler would be horrified by a new Justice Department report that says women in the prison “live in a toxic environment” and are forced to engage In sexual acts with officers. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)

Report: Tutwiler Prison far from reformer’s dream

By PHILLIP RAWLS - Associated Press

Police slaying a senseless death

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