Margaret Burnham Distinguished Professor of Law and Director, Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project m.burnham@neu.edu 617.373.8857 Expertise civil rights, international criminal law Margaret Burnham in the Press “All We Are is Memory” Burnham, a lawyer and the founding director of the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project at Northeastern University, opens her book with a 1944 death in Donalsonville, Georgia, that resonated with me. The New Yorker Review A Regional Reign of Terror The “mundane, largely hidden violence” that loomed over Black life is the subject of Margaret A. Burnham’s new book, By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow’s Legal Executioners, a work by turns shocking, moving, and thought-provoking. It merits the attention of anyone interested in the historical roots of the civil rights movement of the 1960s and, […] Black WWII soldiers asked a White woman for doughnuts. They were shot. “This finding reverses a decision that is as wrong today as it was 82 years ago,” Margaret Burnham, founder of Northeastern University Law School’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project, which tracks such cases, wrote in an email. “It is never too late.” Army Corrects the Record About a Black Soldier Killed by a White Sergeant in 1941 Official status changes like that in Private King’s create “a new version of history,” said Margaret Burnham, the founder of the Northeastern University School of Law’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project, which first brought his story to light. Jim Crow’s Forgotten History of Homicides More than a decade ago, Burnham, a law professor, founded the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project at Northeastern University, and with the help of the political scientist Melissa Nobles created a database of what Burnham calls a “forgotten history of racially motivated homicides” in the American South during the Jim Crow era. Jim Crow’s Forgotten History of Homicides Margaret A. Burnham writes in “By Hands Now Known.” More than a decade ago, Burnham, a law professor, founded the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project at Northeastern University. The Long Shadow of Eugenics in America “There’s a huge movement all across the country to look at historical wrongs, including forced sterilization, and to consider what needs to be done now in order to redress them,” explains Margaret Burnham, founder and co-director of the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project at Northeastern University School of Law. “I think this is really […] Mother Jones A Jim Crow–Era Murder. A Family Secret. Decades Later, What Does Justice Look Like? Simon was investigating Reese’s death as part of Northeastern University School of Law’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project. Its researchers examine racialized killings between 1930 and 1970, during the Jim Crow era and its immediate aftermath. They dig up new information about unsolved murders, push officials to set the record straight, and ask surviving family […] PBS The Success | Un(re)solved Podcast | FRONTLINE Some of the interviews with family members of the next of kin were produced in collaboration with StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to preserve and share humanity’s stories in order to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world. The Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project at Northeastern University […] White House Pushes To Jump-Start Civil Rights-Era Cold Cases Board Margaret Burnham, civil rights lawyer and former state court judge. Burnham, the first African American woman to serve in the Massachusetts judiciary, is currently a professor at Northeastern University School of Law. She is also the founder of the university’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project, which seeks to document unsolved race-based killings in the Deep […] Margaret Burnham for Northeastern Global News ‘You are the role models.’ Northeastern celebrates achievement at 13th Annual Academic Honors Convocation ‘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 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 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.
“All We Are is Memory” Burnham, a lawyer and the founding director of the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project at Northeastern University, opens her book with a 1944 death in Donalsonville, Georgia, that resonated with me.
The New Yorker Review A Regional Reign of Terror The “mundane, largely hidden violence” that loomed over Black life is the subject of Margaret A. Burnham’s new book, By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow’s Legal Executioners, a work by turns shocking, moving, and thought-provoking. It merits the attention of anyone interested in the historical roots of the civil rights movement of the 1960s and, […]
Black WWII soldiers asked a White woman for doughnuts. They were shot. “This finding reverses a decision that is as wrong today as it was 82 years ago,” Margaret Burnham, founder of Northeastern University Law School’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project, which tracks such cases, wrote in an email. “It is never too late.”
Army Corrects the Record About a Black Soldier Killed by a White Sergeant in 1941 Official status changes like that in Private King’s create “a new version of history,” said Margaret Burnham, the founder of the Northeastern University School of Law’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project, which first brought his story to light.
Jim Crow’s Forgotten History of Homicides More than a decade ago, Burnham, a law professor, founded the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project at Northeastern University, and with the help of the political scientist Melissa Nobles created a database of what Burnham calls a “forgotten history of racially motivated homicides” in the American South during the Jim Crow era.
Jim Crow’s Forgotten History of Homicides Margaret A. Burnham writes in “By Hands Now Known.” More than a decade ago, Burnham, a law professor, founded the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project at Northeastern University.
The Long Shadow of Eugenics in America “There’s a huge movement all across the country to look at historical wrongs, including forced sterilization, and to consider what needs to be done now in order to redress them,” explains Margaret Burnham, founder and co-director of the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project at Northeastern University School of Law. “I think this is really […]
Mother Jones A Jim Crow–Era Murder. A Family Secret. Decades Later, What Does Justice Look Like? Simon was investigating Reese’s death as part of Northeastern University School of Law’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project. Its researchers examine racialized killings between 1930 and 1970, during the Jim Crow era and its immediate aftermath. They dig up new information about unsolved murders, push officials to set the record straight, and ask surviving family […]
PBS The Success | Un(re)solved Podcast | FRONTLINE Some of the interviews with family members of the next of kin were produced in collaboration with StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to preserve and share humanity’s stories in order to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world. The Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project at Northeastern University […]
White House Pushes To Jump-Start Civil Rights-Era Cold Cases Board Margaret Burnham, civil rights lawyer and former state court judge. Burnham, the first African American woman to serve in the Massachusetts judiciary, is currently a professor at Northeastern University School of Law. She is also the founder of the university’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project, which seeks to document unsolved race-based killings in the Deep […]