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> [You can't understand what happened to Michael Brown in Ferguson, you can't understand what happened to Eric Garner in New York City, without understanding this narrative of racial difference that was created during the slave years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-stevenson/you-can-t-understand-what-happened-to-michael-brown-in-ferguson-you/)

[Bryan Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-stevenson/)

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## More by Bryan Stevenson

> [I love museums, and I think they're fantastic, but they don't touch the people who I frequently think need to be touched with at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-stevenson/i-love-museums-and-i-think-they-re-fantastic-but-they-don-t-touch-the/)

[Bryan Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-stevenson/)

> [I've come to understand and to believe that each of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done. I believe that for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-stevenson/i-ve-come-to-understand-and-to-believe-that-each-of-us-is-more-than/)

[Bryan Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-stevenson/)

> [I'm persuaded that if most people saw what I see on a regular basis, they would want change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-stevenson/i-m-persuaded-that-if-most-people-saw-what-i-see-on-a-regular-basis/)

[Bryan Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-stevenson/)

> [When you come to Montgomery, you see fifty-nine monuments and memorials, all about the Civil War, all about Confederate leaders and generals. We have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-stevenson/when-you-come-to-montgomery-you-see-fifty-nine-monuments-and/)

[Bryan Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-stevenson/)

> [“These aren’t my scars, cuts, and bruises. These are my medals of honor.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-stevenson/these-aren-t-my-scars-cuts-and-bruises-these-are-my-medals-of-honor/)

[Bryan Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-stevenson/)

> [The Bureau of Justice reports that one in three black male babies born this century will go to jail or prison - that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-stevenson/the-bureau-of-justice-reports-that-one-in-three-black-male-babies/)

[Bryan Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-stevenson/)

> [If you're just the person with power, exercising that power fearfully and angrily, you're going to be an operative of injustice and inequality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-stevenson/if-you-re-just-the-person-with-power-exercising-that-power-fearfully/)

[Bryan Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-stevenson/)

> [In a landscape littered with all of this imagery about the nobility of the Civil War and the Confederate effort and struggle, the absence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-stevenson/in-a-landscape-littered-with-all-of-this-imagery-about-the-nobility/)

[Bryan Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-stevenson/)

> [If you love your community, then you need to be insisting on justice in all circumstances.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-stevenson/if-you-love-your-community-then-you-need-to-be-insisting-on-justice/)

[Bryan Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-stevenson/)

> [There was never a time you could get the majority of people in Alabama or Mississippi, or even southern Delaware, to vote to end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-stevenson/there-was-never-a-time-you-could-get-the-majority-of-people-in/)

[Bryan Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-stevenson/)

> [I talk about my grandmother a lot, because she's an amazing person - not in some dramatic, distinct, unique way, but anybody who is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-stevenson/i-talk-about-my-grandmother-a-lot-because-she-s-an-amazing-person-not/)

[Bryan Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-stevenson/)

> [You can't understand what happened to Michael Brown in Ferguson, you can't understand what happened to Eric Garner in New York City, without understanding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-stevenson/you-can-t-understand-what-happened-to-michael-brown-in-ferguson-you/)

[Bryan Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-stevenson/)

> [I know this might be broadcast broadly. But I'm 52 years old, and I'm going to admit to you that I've never had a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-stevenson/i-know-this-might-be-broadcast-broadly-but-i-m-52-years-old-and-i-m/)

[Bryan Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-stevenson/)

> [Are you the sum total of your worst acts?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-stevenson/are-you-the-sum-total-of-your-worst-acts/)

[Bryan Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-stevenson/)

> [If we want to be proud of our country, if we want to be proud as Americans, if we want to be proud of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-stevenson/if-we-want-to-be-proud-of-our-country-if-we-want-to-be-proud-as/)

[Bryan Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-stevenson/)

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