Attorney Bryan Stevenson, author of the bestseller “Just Mercy,” has helped to save 145 wrongly-convicted prisoners from execution, but these days the man behind Montgomery, Alabama’s National Memorial for Peace and Justice might be better known his other job: educating Americans about the legacy of slavery and racial violence in this country. Stevenson talks with correspondent David Pogue about confronting history as a first step in healing, and gives a tour of the brand new Legacy Museum in Montgomery.
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If you’re a movie fan, you may recognize the name Bryan Stevenson as the hero of the 2019 film “Just Mercy,” played by Michael B. Jordan. It’s the true story of a Harvard-trained lawyer who saves an innocent Black man from execution in Alabama. If you’re a Supreme Court justice, […]
