In Recognition Of Bryan Stevenson. Milton. Bryan Stevenson grew up in Milton, Delaware. A widely acclaimed public interest lawyer, he is the Founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative, and has dedicated his career to helping the poor, the incarcerated, and the condemned. Under his leadership, EJI has won major legal challenges eliminating excessive and unfair sentencing, exonerating innocent death row prisoners, confronting abuse of the incarcerated and the mentally ill, and aiding children prosecuted as adults. He opened the internationally acclaimed Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in 2018 to educate people about the legacies of slavery, lynching, and racial segregation that have resulted in people of color being disproportionately marginalized, disadvantaged, and mistreated. He has received over forty honorary doctorates, numerous awards, the MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Prize, and the American Bar Association's highest honor, the ABA Medal. Stevenson, who is African American, graduated from Cape Henlopen High School, Eastern University, Harvard Law School and Harvard's JFK School of Government, and authored the award-winning New York Times bestseller Just Mercy, later adapted as a major motion picture.
Bryan Stevenson grew up in Milton, Delaware. A widely acclaimed public interest lawyer, he is the Founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative, and has dedicated his career to helping the poor, the incarcerated, and the condemned. Under his leadership, EJI has won major legal challenges eliminating excessive and unfair sentencing, exonerating innocent death row prisoners, confronting abuse of the incarcerated and the mentally ill, and aiding children prosecuted as adults. He opened the internationally acclaimed Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in 2018 to educate people about the legacies of slavery, lynching, and racial segregation that have resulted in people of color being disproportionately marginalized, disadvantaged, and mistreated. He has received over forty honorary doctorates, numerous awards, the MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Prize, and the American Bar Association's highest honor, the ABA Medal. Stevenson, who is African American, graduated from Cape Henlopen High School, Eastern University, Harvard Law School and Harvard's JFK School of Government, and authored the award-winning New York Times bestseller Just Mercy, later adapted as a major motion picture.
Erected 2021 by Milton Community Foundation; Milton Historical Society
Location. 38° 46.756′ N, 75° 18.698′ W. Marker is in Milton, Delaware, in Sussex County. It is in Broadkill Hundred. It is on Union Street (Delaware Route 5) north of Chandler Street, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 210 Union St, Milton DE 19968, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the American Mid-Atlantic and on the Delmarva Peninsula. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, and the Antebellum South.
Another marker is no longer nearby. Governor David Hazzard (was about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
Credits. This page was last revised on June 5, 2026. It was originally submitted on September 17, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 289 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on September 17, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
