![]() ![]() Gyasi’s debut novel, “Homegoing,” is a historical fiction chronicling the descendants of an Asante woman named Maame. ![]() While leading the Equal Justice Initiative, Stevenson was able to discredit the prosecution’s case against McMillan, who was exonerated and released from jail in 1993.Īccording to a profile by The New Yorker, Stevenson has saved 125 men from the death penalty. Stevenson, a Harvard-educated lawyer and social justice activist, wrote the story based on his experiences with Walter McMillan, a Monroeville inmate who was convicted of murder and spent months on death row. ![]() The memoir, also titled “Just Mercy,” was written by Delaware-native-turned-Montgomery-resident Bryan Stevenson. ![]() The 2019 film “Just Mercy” became a box office hit and garnered a Screen Actors Guild nomination for star Jamie Foxx, but the book it was based on was already a huge hit before the story hit cinemas. 16, 2019 photo shows civil rights attorney Bryan Stevenson posing for a portrait in New York to promote the film “Just Mercy.” (Photo by Matt Licari/Invision/AP) “Just Mercy” by Bryan Stevenson Here are the some of the most famous books written by Alabama authors: This Dec. Did you know these hit movies were made in Alabama? ![]()
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