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Feb 2023
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Super Soul Special: Bryan Stevenson: The...

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Original Air Date: June 6, 2018 Oprah sits down with Bryan Stevenson, the law professor, civil rights attorney and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, who shares why he has dedicated his life to giving a voice to incarcerated men and women. Bryan has spent more than three decades challenging poverty and racial discrimination within the crimin ... Show More
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