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'Never again': Equal Justice Initiative opens new park dedicated to history of slavery
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 months agoNestled between the Alabama River and a set of Montgomery train tracks sits the Freedom Monument...
Equal Justice Initiative obtains permit for $30 million 'cultural center' in Cottage Hill
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe Equal Justice Initiative's new venture in Cottage Hill came one step closer to fruition last...
Meet the 19 MPS students awarded the Equal Justice Initiative's Legacy Scholarship
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMontgomery Public Schools and the nonprofit Equal Justice Initiative launched their first...
OIA students explore Equal Justice Initiative through book project
Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 13—Tenth-graders in Jennifer Richardson's English class at Owensboro Innovation Academy are learning about the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) through a book called "Just Mercy" written ...
Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in Montgomery to honor victims of slavery
Arkansas Advocate via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe Equal Justice Initiative will soon open a third site in the Montgomery area memorializing...
Sculpture park provides unflinching look at faces and lives of enslaved Americans
theGrio via AOL· 2 months agoFreedom Monument Sculpture Park in Montgomery, Ala., is the Equal Justice Initiative’s third site...
Inmates Are Being 'Cooked Alive' In Texas Prisons — 'This Is Not A Political Issue, This Is A...
YourTango via Yahoo News· 10 months agoPhoto: Peppinuzzo / Shutterstock The condition of American prisons are truly horrific. As reported...
Famed criminal justice lawyer Bryan Stevenson says it all began with Delaware childhood
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 6 months agoBryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, is renowned as a...
Opinion: A sobering reckoning with America's history of lynching
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 9 months agoWhen the news breaks that Emmett Till’s accuser has died, a light rain moves across the grounds in...
The Transatlantic Slave Trade and Connecticut: A brutal history to carry as as ‘we think about new...
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAt least 12.5 million African people were trafficked to America during the Transatlantic Slave Trade, wreaking a profound economic impact on a number of states, including Connecticut, according ...