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2015 ALL BONAVENTURE READS

Bryan Stevenson / Photo by Nina Subin

St. Bonaventure has chosen the nonfiction book “Just Mercy” by Bryan Stevenson as its common read for 2015-2016. This All Bonaventure Reads selection explores the inequity embedded in the U.S. criminal justice system.

“Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption” was released in October and focuses mainly on the work of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Ala., a legal practice Stevenson founded as a young lawyer that is dedicated to defending those most desperate and in need.Just Mercy, St. Bonaventure's common read for 2015-16.

One of Stevenson’s first cases was that of Walter McMillian, a young man who was sentenced to die for a notorious murder he insisted he didn’t commit. It transformed the lawyer’s understanding of mercy and justice forever and illustrates numerous ongoing challenges in work advocating for social justice.

First-year students will receive copies of “Just Mercy” during orientation in July and are asked to read the book prior to the start of the fall semester. Students are engaged in conversations about the book’s themes in their University 101 course and various campuswide events during the upcoming academic year. In addition to the ABR committee and FYE office, numerous academic departments and the Student Affairs Division are already planning opportunities to unpack the themes of this book.

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  • Learn more about Bryan Stevenson.
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Address by: Anthony Ray Hinton (above, right), an exonerated death row inmate, and Charlotte Morrison, senior attorney with the Equal Justice Initiative

Previous ABR Selections

2014: “The Promise of a Pencil” by Adam Braun
2013: “Full Body Burden” by Kristen Iversen
2012: “In the Sanctuary of Outcasts” by Neil White
2011: “Little Princes” by Conor Grennan
2010: “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot
2009: “Listening is an Act of Love” edited by David Isay
2008: “Left to Tell” by Immaculee Ilibagiza
2007: “Fast Food Nation” by Eric Schlosser
2006: “A Hope in the Unseen” by Ron Suskind
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