Walking into Greatness: Bryan Stevenson
The life and career of Milton native Bryan Stevenson will be on display at the Lydia Black Cannon Museum in Milton from Saturday, May 25 through December.
The exhibit will provide a timeline of Stevenson’s early life and his years at Cape Henlopen High School through his creation of the Equal Justice Initiative, which advocates for equal justice for marginalized communities. There will also be a section on Stevenson’s legal career and on founding the Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala.
Visitors will see videos of Stevenson’s speeches, with images and texts. She said the timeline will be juxtaposed with what was happening in the world at the time. The show will be called “Walking Into Greatness: Bryan Stevenson.” Evans said when viewers walk into the room, they will find footprints on the floor that will reflect Stevenson’s age at particular moments in time, enabling visitors to walk in his footsteps. For his younger years, Evans said there will be child footprints, followed by running shoe prints for his days at Cape High and adult shoes to represent more recent years.
At the center of the space will be a judge’s bench allowing visitors to reenact Stevenson’s cases. Evans said the focus on children will reflect Stevenson’s efforts to reform the justice system to keep minors from receiving sentences of life in adult prison without parole.
