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Equal Justice Initiative
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Equal Justice Initiative
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We work to end mass incarceration, excessive punishment, and racial injustice. Led by Bryan Stevenson. Creators of the @legacysites #justmercy
- For 30 years, Mr. Hinton was stripped of all his rights while he sat on Alabama death row for a crime he didn't commit. Today, he arrived at the polls at 7am and exercised his right to vote.
- For 30 years, Mr. Hinton was stripped of all his rights while he sat on Alabama's death row for a crime he didn't commit. This morning, he arrived at the polls and exercised his right to vote. #ElectionDay #Vote2020
- For 30 years, Mr. Hinton was stripped of all his rights while he sat on Alabama's death row for a crime he didn't commit. This morning, he arrived at the polls and exercised his right to vote. #ElectionDay #Vote2022
- Kyra Harris Bolden was sworn in Sunday as the first Black woman to serve on the Michigan Supreme Court. Justice Bolden is the great-granddaughter of Jesse Lee Bond, who was lynched in Tennessee in 1939.
- On this day in 1874, sixteen African American men were seized from the Gibson County Jail in Trenton, Tennessee, and lynched by 400-500 masked white men. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. Share this #racialinjustice
- On this day in 1917, white mobs in East St. Louis, IL, attacked Black residents and destroyed their homes. Up to 200 Black men, women, and children were shot, beaten to death, or burned alive. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history.
- On this day in 1791, black writer Benjamin Banneker, wrote to Thomas Jefferson, challenging his pro-slavery views as inconsistent with the Declaration of Independence. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. Share this #racialinjustice
- On this day in 1955, two white men abducted and murdered a 14-year-old Black boy named Emmett Till in Money, Mississippi. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. Share this #racialinjustice
- On this day in 2014, Michael Brown, an unarmed African American teenager, was shot to death by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. Share this #racialinjustice
- On April 26, 2018, in Montgomery, Alabama, the Equal Justice Initiative will open a new museum dedicated to slavery and its legacy and America’s first national memorial dedicated to victims of racial terror lynching. Tickets are now available here:
- Yesterday President Joe Biden presented EJI director Bryan Stevenson with the National Humanities Medal, honoring Mr. Stevenson “for his moral call to redeem the soul of our Nation."
00:00 - On this day in 1898, after a biracial government was elected into office, mobs of armed white supremacists invaded Wilmington city hall in North Carolina, and forced everyone to resign. The mob also destroyed Black businesses and killed dozens of Black people.
- On this day in 1956, Ku Klux Klan members in Alabama bombed the home of civil rights activist Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, while he was celebrating Christmas with family. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history.
