Bryan Stevenson

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.

That's a great question. No, I had no idea. I knew I wanted to help the poor. I knew I wanted to give back in the ways that people had given me as a child of the civil rights movement. I knew I wanted to do something about the justice quotient in this country, but I didn't know where that would take me.

That's a great question. No, I had no idea. I knew I wanted to help the poor. I knew I wanted to give back in the ways that people had given me as a child of the civil rights movement. I knew I wanted to do something about the justice quotient in this country, but I didn't know where that would take me.