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Hurricane Katrina known as the deadliest hurricanes

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Watergate Scandal and Nixon’s Resignation

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Fall of the Berlin Wall

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9/11 happened

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March on Washington

Over 250,000 people gathered in Washington D.C., where MLK gave him :I Have a Dream” speech

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Montgomery Bus Boycott

Sparked by Rosa Parks’ rest, the boycott launched Martin Luther King Jr

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Brown v. Board of Education

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional

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The rise of DNA testing

Although it was not applicable to Hinton’s case, the emergence of DNA testing was key in many other wrongful convictions

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The Civil Rights Act

This didn’t prevent the kind of systematic bias that led to Hinton’s conviction

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Jin Crow Laws and Segregation

Even though these laws were officially abolished before Hinton’s arrest, they deeply rooted racism in the southern justice system

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Supreme Court Cases on Death Penalty and Innocence

In the book, not listed by name the book is set against the major U.S. Supreme Court cases addressing capital punishment

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The Decline of Public Support for the death row

Aft er hearing Hinton’s story he changed lots of perspectives on the outlook.

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Opening of the Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice

EJI opened this memorial for Hinton.

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The Growth of Innocence Movement

Hinton’s story aligns with the rise of efforts across the U.S. to exonerate the wrongfully convicted using DNA and new forensic standards

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Formation if the Equal Justice System

Stevenson, who later becomes Hinton’s lawyer, founded EJI to fight against wrongful convictions and racial injustice in the legal system

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Hinton was arrested and convicted for crimes he didn’t commit.

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The Rise of Mass Incarceration

The book discusses how systematic issues in the U.S. justice system, particularly under policies like the War on Drugs, disproportionately target Black communities.

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The Exoneration of Hinton

After 30 years on death row, the U.S. Supreme Court released him

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This is a image of high schoolers being hosed.

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Birmingham campaign also known as the Birmingham movement or Birmingham confrontation, was an American movement organized in early 1963 by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) to bring attention to the integration efforts of African Americans in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Primarily a voting rights bill, becomes the first civil rights legislation enacted by Congress since Reconstruction

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Beach fun!

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Dance Comp Pt. 2!

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Dance Comp!

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NYC!!

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Fantasy and Lights!

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My first dance competition with Sophia!

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My brother Jace was born on July 28, 2014.

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I was born on April 15, 2009.