Margaret Burnham In the Media
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The Washington Post
A reality check on claims of vintage ‘fake news’
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WBUR
The most important moment for civil rights this century is upon us
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Huffington Post
Seeding research to solve intractable social problems
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The New York Times
The cold cases of the Jim Crow era
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WBUR
What we can learn from Sandra Bland’s tragic end
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WBUR
Baltimore wasn’t the first city to burn, and it won’t be the last
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NPR
The goal: to remember each Jim Crow killing, from the ‘30s on
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Boston Globe
Ga. utility has no records of 1946 killings of black men
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Boston Globe
Northeastern University students uncover forgotten killings from Jim Crow era
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Al Jazeera America
The Garner case aims more anger at police
Margaret Burnham for Northeastern
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How can journalism ‘move the conversation forward’ on race?
In the wake of racially charged rallies like the one in Charlottesville, Virginia last month, and as cities take stock of their histories by way…
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Bringing justice, and closure, in civil rights cold cases
Legislation signed last month by President Barack Obama permanently extended federal authorities’ opportunity to pursue civil rights cold cases. Law professor Margaret Burnham says the…
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Law professor Margaret Burnham named Carnegie Fellow
Burnham founded Northeastern’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project, and her fellowship will support the development of the project’s archive.
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Northeastern to host screening of Eyes on the Prize: Then and Now
The film—which reexamines the groundbreaking documentary Eyes on the Prize from the viewpoint of civil rights activists past and present—will be screened on Thursday at…
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‘Commemoration for a purpose’
Law professor Margaret Burnham highlighted the groundbreaking work of Northeastern’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice project on Friday morning at the Association for Black Culture…
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3Qs: Law professor remembers civil rights icon
Civil rights activist Julian Bond, who co-founded the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and served as chairman of the NAACP for 22 years, died on Saturday…
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‘We are all hurt’
The Northeastern community gathered Tuesday night at the Fenway Center to remember—through poems and music—the nine victims of last week’s Charleston church shooting.
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Mass. AG to law graduates: Your education ‘belongs to our whole community’
At Commencement, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, L’98, urged the Northeastern University School of Law’s newest graduates to believe in themselves, embrace uncertainty, and remember…
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The storytelling and popularity of Serial
The true crime podcast from This American Life “takes us back to one of the most basic tenets of storytelling: suspense,” says journalist Dina Kraft,…
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Law graduates encouraged to embrace life’s callings
Northeastern University’s School of Law celebrated the more than 240 graduates in the Class of 2014 at commencement on Friday at Matthews Arena.
