As the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, renowned public-interest lawyer Bryan Stevenson has assisted in securing relief for dozens of condemned prisoners, advocated for the poor, and developed community-based reform litigation aimed at improving the administration of criminal justice. Stevenson’s tireless fight against poverty and his work challenging racial discrimination within the criminal justice system has won him national acclaim, including the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship Award Prize and the ACLU National Medal of Liberty.

FILM: A rarely-seen hour-long documentary from 1968 featuring a prominent civil rights leader as he organizes a campaign to seek economic justice for poor Americans.