Bryan Stevenson

And she loved the fact that he knew how to read and she would push her siblings out of the way when he started reading and she would wrap her arms around his leg when he started reading because she wanted to learn to read. And she thought you learned to read by touching somebody while they read. And he figured out what she was doing. He said, no, Victoria, that's not how you learn to read.

And she loved the fact that he knew how to read and she would push her siblings out of the way when he started reading and she would wrap her arms around his leg when he started reading because she wanted to learn to read. And she thought you learned to read by touching somebody while they read. And he figured out what she was doing. He said, no, Victoria, that's not how you learn to read.

I'll teach you how to read. And he taught her how to read. And my grandmother worked as a domestic her whole life, but she was a reader. She had this hope that reading could create a better world, a bigger world, a more fulfilling world. And she gave it to her children. My grandmother had 10 children. My mom was the youngest.

I'll teach you how to read. And he taught her how to read. And my grandmother worked as a domestic her whole life, but she was a reader. She had this hope that reading could create a better world, a bigger world, a more fulfilling world. And she gave it to her children. My grandmother had 10 children. My mom was the youngest.

I'll teach you how to read. And he taught her how to read. And my grandmother worked as a domestic her whole life, but she was a reader. She had this hope that reading could create a better world, a bigger world, a more fulfilling world. And she gave it to her children. My grandmother had 10 children. My mom was the youngest.

of her 10 kids, I'd go visit my grandmother, and sometimes she'd stand on the porch, and before she would let you in, you would have to read something from a book. That's how committed she was to reading. As I said, we grew up in this poor community. A lot of people didn't have a lot of things. There were people who had outhouses. They didn't have running water.

of her 10 kids, I'd go visit my grandmother, and sometimes she'd stand on the porch, and before she would let you in, you would have to read something from a book. That's how committed she was to reading. As I said, we grew up in this poor community. A lot of people didn't have a lot of things. There were people who had outhouses. They didn't have running water.

of her 10 kids, I'd go visit my grandmother, and sometimes she'd stand on the porch, and before she would let you in, you would have to read something from a book. That's how committed she was to reading. As I said, we grew up in this poor community. A lot of people didn't have a lot of things. There were people who had outhouses. They didn't have running water.

Most of the people worked in poultry plants. You didn't see a lot of hope outside the door. But when I was a little boy, my mother went into debt. and bought us the World Book Encyclopedia. She bought us these books, and you could see so many beautiful things in these books, the things you couldn't see outside the door.

Most of the people worked in poultry plants. You didn't see a lot of hope outside the door. But when I was a little boy, my mother went into debt. and bought us the World Book Encyclopedia. She bought us these books, and you could see so many beautiful things in these books, the things you couldn't see outside the door.

Most of the people worked in poultry plants. You didn't see a lot of hope outside the door. But when I was a little boy, my mother went into debt. and bought us the World Book Encyclopedia. She bought us these books, and you could see so many beautiful things in these books, the things you couldn't see outside the door.

And she had this hope that this investment in books that she couldn't afford... would do something for her children. And I can't claim to have always understood that because when you're 10, Christmas comes along, you go outside and your friends are like, well, I got a bicycle, I got a baseball, I got a basketball. And I'd have to say, well, I got volume G of the World Book Encyclopedia.

And she had this hope that this investment in books that she couldn't afford... would do something for her children. And I can't claim to have always understood that because when you're 10, Christmas comes along, you go outside and your friends are like, well, I got a bicycle, I got a baseball, I got a basketball. And I'd have to say, well, I got volume G of the World Book Encyclopedia.

And she had this hope that this investment in books that she couldn't afford... would do something for her children. And I can't claim to have always understood that because when you're 10, Christmas comes along, you go outside and your friends are like, well, I got a bicycle, I got a baseball, I got a basketball. And I'd have to say, well, I got volume G of the World Book Encyclopedia.

But I told my classmates at Harvard Law School, I'm here because there are generations of hopeful people who have positioned me here. It's the hope of my enslaved great-grandfather. It's the hope of my grandmother who had to flee the South because of terror violence and lynching. It's the hope of my parents. And their hope is what sustains me.

But I told my classmates at Harvard Law School, I'm here because there are generations of hopeful people who have positioned me here. It's the hope of my enslaved great-grandfather. It's the hope of my grandmother who had to flee the South because of terror violence and lynching. It's the hope of my parents. And their hope is what sustains me.

But I told my classmates at Harvard Law School, I'm here because there are generations of hopeful people who have positioned me here. It's the hope of my enslaved great-grandfather. It's the hope of my grandmother who had to flee the South because of terror violence and lynching. It's the hope of my parents. And their hope is what sustains me.

And all of a sudden, I didn't feel diminished at Harvard Law School. In fact, I felt like maybe I had something that other people might not have.

And all of a sudden, I didn't feel diminished at Harvard Law School. In fact, I felt like maybe I had something that other people might not have.

And all of a sudden, I didn't feel diminished at Harvard Law School. In fact, I felt like maybe I had something that other people might not have.