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Bryan Stevenson

American · 1959–

American lawyer and social justice activist who founded the Equal Justice Initiative and has dedicated his career to defending the wrongly condemned.

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“The opposite of poverty is not wealth; the opposite of poverty is justice.”

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TED Talk, "We Need to Talk About an Injustice" ↗ (2012)

“Each of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done.”

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Just Mercy ↗ (2014)