Beyond Colonial Histories: Transatlantic Slave Trade - Professor Bryan Stevenson | United Nations

Bryan Stevenson, founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative, which operates the Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice delivered the keynote lecture at an event entitled “Beyond Colonial Histories” which was part of commemorative activities for the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Organized the Outreach Programme on the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Slavery in collaboration with the Rijksmuseum, the National Museum of the Netherlands, and supported by the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations and the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in New York, the event marked the conclusion of the Rijksmuseum’s groundbreaking exhibition “Slavery.Ten True Stories of Dutch Colonial Slavery” which was on display at the United Nations Headquarters in New York between February - March 2023.
Mr. Stevenson is a lawyer, social justice activist, New York University law professor and author of “Just Mercy”. Mr. Stevenson has worked to exonerate over 135 innocent death row prisoners and hundreds of others wrongly convicted emphasizing that “the true measure of our character is how we treat the poor, the disfavored, the accused, the incarcerated, and the condemned”.
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What an inspiring storyteller who speaks with truth and conviction, and, impressively, without notes. Beauty, they say, is in the eye of the beholder. I have never thought to look for it in justice. Professor Stevenson prompts me to look for it there. Thank you.

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Mr. Stevenson, This was a great speech. Thank you. Sincerely, R.W.N II

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Am I the only European and former UN employee that does not give a toss about this issue. I have heard so much about it over my life and had so much of this history told to me as a student I'm fully aware of what happened who did what to whom.

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2946 exactly as the lawyer or the attorney how are you supposed to pay the judges and the cops

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2255 yeah I couldn't believe they were over there trying to overturn abortion rights instead of finding interpreter that understands English

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[@websurferwizard]

When he talks about the nations that were complicit in slavery, why doesn't he mention Africa herself? Surely Professor Stevenson knows the history of Africa and who sold what to whom. Who benefited. Who ran the markets. Who gathered the slaves for trade. Many were guilty in that, but he's leaving out names.

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Quand dieu donne des signes à l'humidité les incroyants tourne le dos.

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Jusqu'à présent mes droits ne me sont pas été attribué j'espère que les bonnes intentions me seront attribuées.

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Such a beautiful speech… I’m crying for all those who were enslaved & brutalised…& all the animals who still are 😢

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2612 I was like we have to build a really nice hotel so that the fact that it counted means we're all supported

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