The Emmet O'Neal Library, in partnership with the Jefferson County Memorial Project, will offer a series of book discussions centered around the themes developed by the Project.
The Emmet O'Neal Library, in partnership with the Jefferson County Memorial Project, will offer a series of book discussions centered around the themes developed by the Project.
Our first discussion on November 6 will cover Bryan Stevenson's Just Mercy.
Bryan Stevenson grew up a member of a poor black community in the racially segregated South. He was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to defending those most desperate and in need: the poor, the wrongly condemned, and women and children trapped in the farthest reaches of the US’s criminal justice system. One of his first cases was that of Walter McMillian, a young black man who was sentenced to die for a notorious murder he insisted he didn’t commit. The case drew Bryan into a tangle of conspiracy, political machination, startling racial inequality, and legal brinksmanship — and transformed his understanding of mercy and justice forever.
Just Mercy is at once an unforgettable account of an idealistic, gifted lawyer’s coming of age, a moving portrait of the lives of those he has defended, and an inspiring argument for compassion in the pursuit of justice.
AGE GROUP: | Adults (Ages 21+) | Adults (Ages 18+) |
EVENT TYPE: | Regular Series | Book Group | Adult Events |
TAGS: | research | local history | jefferson county memorial project | jcmp | Free classes | discussion | books | book group | Alabama History | adult events | Adult |