Bryan Stevenson and John Hope Franklin: Voices of Conscience

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🗓️ 15 June 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Both of these men grew up under segregation, 50 years apart, and each became an important force for truth and for justice. John Hope Franklin was a pre-eminent historian, whose scholarship focused on the central role of African-Americans in our national story. He was a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. Bryan Stevenson is a human rights lawyer who fights on behalf of death row prisoners in the deep south. He's also the author of "Just Mercy" and is the founder of the Equal Justice Initiative. Their talks, which you'll hear in this episode, are as pressing today as the day they were given. Perhaps more so. (c ) American Academy of Achievement 2020

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back. On today's episode we're going to dive into the past, present, and future of America's
0:17.0	sordid relationship with race.
0:20.1	We've got important moving talks by two guests.
0:23.6	Each has been called a voice of conscience in our nation.
0:27.8	Brian Stevenson, champion of human rights and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative and John Hope Franklin, the
0:36.0	towering historian who died in 2009 at the age of 94. Their talks which you're about to hear are as pressing today as the day they
0:46.4	were given, perhaps more so. I'm Alice Winkler and this is what it takes from the Academy of Achievement.
0:54.0	Academy.
0:55.0	Academy, this child is gifted.
1:00.0	And I heard that enough that I started to believe it.
1:02.8	If you have the opportunity, not a perfect opportunity,
1:06.4	and you don't take it, you may never have another chance.
1:09.1	It all was so clear.
1:10.6	It was just like the picture started to form itself.
1:13.0	There was no way in which a lie could prevail over the truth,
1:18.0	darkness over light, death over life.
1:21.0	Every day I wake up and decide.
1:24.0	Today I'm going to love my life.
1:27.0	Decide.
1:28.0	My advice is, if they're going to break your leg once when you go in that place, stay out of there.
1:34.0	And then along come these differential experiences that you don't look for, you don't plan for,
1:40.0	but boy you better not miss him.
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