Summary

Brittany remembered being let out of her Property Law class early to witness President Obama’s 2009 inauguration. Brittany had worn Obama T-shirts and watched speeches and debates with the Black Law Students Association throughout the election process. She loved every moment of watching the first Black president officially take office.

After her first year of law school, Brittany was walking to her internship at the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas when she received a call from Mr. Mitchell, the father of her high school friend Keyon. Mr. Mitchell had turned into an activist fighting to help his son after Keyon was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. Keyon had been a popular and charismatic boy who was in a fraternity at Texas A&M University in Commerce when...