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Margaret Burnham
Distinguished Professor of Law and Director, Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project

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‘You are the role models.’ Northeastern celebrates achievement at 13th Annual Academic Honors Convocation
Students pose on a stage while holding awards

‘You are the role models.’ Northeastern celebrates achievement at 13th Annual Academic Honors Convocation

Achievements were highlighted, including faculty awards recognizing the university’s global commitment that emphasized the theme of the day.
The untold stories of 123 Black people killed by white police officers in one Alabama county

The untold stories of 123 Black people killed by white police officers in one Alabama county

No officers were convicted for the killings, which occurred between 1932 and 1968 in Jefferson County, Alabama.
Ahmaud Arbery was killed in Georgia. Should the case be tried as a hate crime?

Ahmaud Arbery was killed in Georgia. Should the case be tried as a hate crime?

Earlier this year, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that labels conspiracies to commit hate crimes as lynchings, which would make them a federal crime if the measure is signed into law. Margaret Burnham, university distinguished professor of law, says the people charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery should be brought to justice accordingly.
What we can learn from the backlash to The New York Times’ 1619 Project, a history of slavery in America
Stock photo of the The New York Times Magazine on Aug. 20, 2019. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

What we can learn from the backlash to The New York Times’ 1619 Project, a history of slavery in America

“There has been a sustained campaign to erase the experience of enslaved people and the consequences and legacy of slavery in America,” says Margaret Burnham, director of Northeastern’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project. “But this is American history, and you have to face it to fix it.”
Toni Morrison’s influence extends beyond literature in her chronicling of black history and identity
Toni Morrison’s groundbreaking novels about black history and identity helped to advance issues of civil rights and racial justice. The author was the keynote speaker at an event at Northeastern University in 2013, and afterward, she met with families who’d lost a relative to racial violence. Photo by Mary Knox Merrill/Northeastern University

Toni Morrison’s influence extends beyond literature in her chronicling of black history and identity

Morrison, whose groundbreaking novels about black history and identity opened the door for scores of authors who followed, also helped to advance issues of civil rights and racial justice. 
Murder in Mobile, a documentary by Northeastern Films about race, murder, and justice, will be screened at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston

Murder in Mobile, a documentary by Northeastern Films about race, murder, and justice, will be screened at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston

The documentary by Northeastern Films will be shown at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston on Saturday as part of the Roxbury International Film Festival—one of many screenings for this story of reclaimed justice.
Here’s what these Northeastern professors say is missing from the national debate over blackface

Here’s what these Northeastern professors say is missing from the national debate over blackface

What happens when the people we entrust with our lives and well-being compromise their credibility with a single photo? Northeastern professors Margaret Burnham and Moya Bailey take on the recent blackface controversies.
‘A response to Martin Luther King’s challenge’

‘A response to Martin Luther King’s challenge’

Murder in Mobile, a documentary by Adam Fischer and Benjamin Bertsch, the creative directors of Northeastern Films, premiered Friday before a standing-room audience on the Boston campus as part of Northeastern’s week-long celebration dedicated to the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Murder in Mobile

Murder in Mobile

A Northeastern project unearthed the case of Rayfield Davis, a black man who was murdered in 1948 in Mobile, Alabama, by a white man who was never prosecuted. The story is told in a new documentary by Northeastern Films, which premieres at 2 p.m. Friday on Northeastern’s Boston campus as part of a celebration of the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. All are welcome.
After seven decades, Alabama honors Jim Crow-era victims

After seven decades, Alabama honors Jim Crow-era victims

Northeastern’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project investigated the murders of six black men that went unpunished in the 1940s.