Bryan Stevenson Highlights Global Scope of Slavery at Edinburgh Festival
Civil-rights attorney Bryan Stevenson spoke with Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman about the Legacy Museum’s first overseas exhibition in Edinburgh, emphasizing slavery’s worldwide dimensions.
In an interview conducted at the Edinburgh International Festival, civil-rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson discussed the Equal Justice Initiative’s Legacy Museum expanding beyond the United States for its first international exhibition. The museum, originally opened in Montgomery, Alabama, aims to document the transatlantic slave trade, lynchings, segregation and their lasting legacy. Stevenson stressed that the exhibit reveals how slavery was a worldwide institution and lamented the limited acknowledgment of this history in Europe.
He also recounted his own family’s experience, stating that his foreparents arrived in chains as victims of brutal kidnapping. Host Amy Goodman facilitated the dialogue, highlighting the museum’s broader educational goals. The conversation framed the exhibition as a step toward greater global awareness of racial injustice.
Why it matters
The exhibit brings global focus to slavery’s history, fostering wider public understanding of its lasting effects.
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