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Overflow Seating – An Evening with Anthony Ray Hinton

2022-04-25 18:30:00 2022-04-25 19:30:00 America/New_York Overflow Seating – An Evening with Anthony Ray Hinton Mr. Hinton was wrongfully convicted of the 1985 murders of two fast food managers in Birmingham, Alabama, and spent 28 years on Alabama's Death Row until his lawyer Bryan Stevenson won his case. Main Library - Community Learning Center - Ballroom (A+B Combined)

Monday, April 25
6:30pm - 7:30pm

Add to Calendar 2022-04-25 18:30:00 2022-04-25 19:30:00 America/New_York Overflow Seating – An Evening with Anthony Ray Hinton Mr. Hinton was wrongfully convicted of the 1985 murders of two fast food managers in Birmingham, Alabama, and spent 28 years on Alabama's Death Row until his lawyer Bryan Stevenson won his case. Main Library - Community Learning Center - Ballroom (A+B Combined)

Mr. Hinton was wrongfully convicted of the 1985 murders of two fast food managers in Birmingham, Alabama, and spent 28 years on Alabama's Death Row until his lawyer Bryan Stevenson won his case.

Overflow seating for An Evening with Anthony Ray Hinton. This is the keynote event of the One Book, One Michiana initiative, and is sponsored by the African American Community Fund.  In 1983, Bryan Stevenson, a 23-year-old law student, was starting an internship that involved assisting inmates on Alabama’s death row. This led Stevenson to found the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), a nonprofit law office in Montgomery dedicated to defending the poor, the incarcerated, and the wrongly convicted.

Anthony Ray Hinton is a former EJI client who spent 28 years on Alabama's Death Row. He was released in 2015 with Bryan Stevenson as his lead attorney (his case is detailed in the book, Just Mercy). Hinton is a current community educator at EJI, with a bestselling book of his own titled, The Sun Does Shine - How I Found Life, Freedom, and Justice on Death Row. Hinton will deliver an emotional presentation about his story and the need for the abolition of the death penalty. 

The auditorium has a seating capacity of 250 people. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis, beginning with doors opening at 5:45 p.m. to those who have pre-registered. At 6:15p.m., seats that are not occupied by those who have pre-registered will be available to anyone. Overflow seating will be available in the Ballroom where the presentation will be livestreamed.

AGE GROUP: | Teens | Seniors | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Books & Authors |

TAGS: | one-book |

Main Library - Community Learning Center


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Mon, Mar 27 8:00AM to 8:30PM
Tue, Mar 28 8:00AM to 8:30PM
Wed, Mar 29 8:00AM to 8:30PM
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This event is full

Tue, Apr 04, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Classroom B

Tue, Apr 04, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Leighton Auditorium,Auditorium Lobby

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Ballroom (A+B Combined)

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Beutter-Kernan Hall,Classroom B

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Ballroom (A+B Combined)

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Beutter-Kernan Hall

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Beutter-Kernan Hall

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Ballroom (A+B Combined)

Thu, Apr 13, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Classroom D

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Classroom A,Classroom B,Classroom C,Classroom D,Classroom E,Classroom F
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Sat, Apr 15, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Classroom A,Classroom B,Classroom C,Classroom D,Classroom E,Classroom F
Registration opens Saturday, April 1 2023 at 9:00am

Wed, Apr 19, 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Ballroom (A+B Combined)

Wed, Apr 19, 5:30pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium Lobby,Leighton Auditorium

Wed, Apr 19, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Beutter-Kernan Hall,Adult Virtual Programming Room

Thu, Apr 20, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Classroom A

Sat, Apr 22, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Leighton Auditorium,Auditorium Lobby

Mon, Apr 24, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Auditorium Lobby,Leighton Auditorium

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Ballroom (A+B Combined)

Thu, Apr 27, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Leighton Auditorium

Thu, Apr 27, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Classroom A

Fri, Apr 28, 8:30am - 12:00pm
Classroom B

Sat, Apr 29, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Ballroom (A+B Combined)