At just 23 years old, Leon Benson was sentenced to 61 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. At 47 years old, Leon is a free man after his case was taken up by lawyers at the University of San Francisco Law School’s Racial Justice Clinic. Over 25 years, Leon consumed as much knowledge as he could get access to, which helped him explain the complex d ... Show More
Oct 21
all my poems are sad n*gga poems with Ben Ellis
Today marks eight years since Busy Being Black first came to life: on 21 October 2017, I produced and hosted an event called Forbidden Fruits, anchored by a conversation about love, intimacy and belonging among queer Black men. I couldn't have known in that moment how much I woul ... Show More
58m 44s
Feb 2023
Super Soul Special: Bryan Stevenson: The Power of Mercy and Forgiveness
<p>Original Air Date: June 6, 2018</p><p>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 spen ... Show More
36m 38s
Feb 2023
Super Soul Special: Anthony Ray Hinton, Part 2: Freedom After 30 Years on Death Row
<p>Original Air Date: June 12, 2018</p><p>Oprah continues her extraordinary interview with wrongly convicted death row inmate Anthony Ray Hinton, who shares a remarkable story about an unlikely friendship he formed in prison. He explains how he eventually found his way to freedom ... Show More
36m 46s
Jun 2018
Bryan Stevenson: The Power of Mercy and Forgiveness
<p>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 ... Show More
35m 54s
Jun 2018
Anthony Ray Hinton, Part 2: Finding Life, Hope and Redemption on Death Row
<p>Oprah continues her extraordinary interview with wrongly convicted death row inmate Anthony Ray Hinton, who shares a remarkable story about an unlikely friendship he formed in prison. He explains how he eventually found his way to freedom through the help of civil rights attor ... Show More
36m 2s
Nov 2022
The Man Wrongfully Convicted Of A Murder He Didn’t Commit: Raphael Rowe
Raphael Rowe is the host of Worlds Toughest Prisons on Netflix, the worldwide-hit show that takes us inside the toughest penitentiaries on the planet. It’s a world he knows well, wrongfully convicted of murder, he spent twelve years in maximum security prisons before he proved hi ... Show More
2h 11m
Sep 2018
We Are Better than the Worst Things We’ve Done
Bryan Stevenson, the New York Times–bestselling author of Just Mercy, has been called America’s Nelson Mandela by Desmond Tutu and Nicholas Kristof. As a civil rights lawyer, he’s liberated more than 100 people from death row, proving their innocence in the process. And as the fo ... Show More
40m 13s