Barry Bradford - Inspirational Teacher

Barry Bradford

About Barry Bradford

Former national Teacher of the Year, Barry Bradford did something few history teachers ever do: he helped to change history. Twice. His inspiring and exciting story will captivate and motivate any corporate or educational audience

Bradford sprang to international fame when he and three students helped to bring Ku Klux Klan Titan, Edgar Ray Killen to justice. Killen was found guilty of manslaughter in the notorious 1964 “Mississippi Burning” lynching of three civil rights workers helping register black voters in America's Deep South inspired the award-winning 1988 film.

After cleverly securing the first on the record interview with Killen, the former leader of the white supremacist group who organized the carloads of Klansmen who hunted down and killed the three young men, Bradford worked with a courageous newspaperman, historians, activists and the media to pressure Mississippi to finally reopen the case. He even drafted the Congressional Resolution urging the trial of the killers. His advocacy won him the praise of Civil Rights hero and Congressman John Lewis who called Bradford's work, “creative, unflagging and invaluable,” Congressman Mark Kirk who sponsored Bradford for a Congressional Award said "They helped crack open the case, and, not just any case, one of the most politically-charged murders in US history," Then Senator Barack Obama who took to the floor of the Senate to commend Bradford and his students.

His speaking style is dramatic, entertaining and powerful. Barry has been interviewed by nearly every major media outlet including The Today Show, The New York Times, U.S. News And World Report, ABC, CBS, and NBC Evening News, The Times Of London, Chinese National Television and the Voice of America.

All of Barry's presentations carry a dynamic message of the power of individuals to make a difference in the world. In addition to his powerful session on the reopening of old civil rights cold cases, Barry has a special program for corporate audiences.

That presentation, entitled “I LOVE PBJ” shows how each individual in an organization can make contributions far beyond even their own expectations. By bringing integrity, love, persistence, balance and joy to every task, individuals become the spur for innovation, change and success.

Lecture Topics

Rewriting History:
How one teacher, three high school students, and a dynamic newspaperman brought justice in the Mississippi Burning case, 41 years after the crime.
I Love PBJ:
Challenge your employees or members to become creative, engaged, and involved agents of success! This funny, dramatic and thought provoking presentation by master storyteller Barry Bradford can be tailored to any audience and is especially well received by audiences seeking to understand how harmony, diversity and individual responsibility can transform a company, organization or the world!
Medgar and Myrlie:
ls lt Ever Too Late to Do the Right Thing? The story of how Myrlie Evers struggled for40 years to reopen the murder case of her husband, civil rights leader Medgar Evers, finally succeeding with the help of a talented newspaperman and a dogged prosecutor.

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