Civil Rights and Restorative Justice
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CRRJ works to redress failures of the the criminal justice system in early to mid-20th century, while initiating programs to address current civil rights crises
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When Tara Dunn (NortheasternLaw '17), now a clerk for a U.S. District Court Judge, joined CRRJ in 2015 she never imagined that investigating the 1947 death of Henry “Peg” Gilbert would stay with her to this day.
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✨ 🎓 Congratulations to all of the amazing NortheasternLaw and Northeastern CAMD NU Media Advocacy students graduating today, who contributed to CRRJ's Spring Clinic 2023-2024. Enjoy your graduation day and all the best in your bright futures! crrj.org/efforts/congra…
CRRJ alumnae, Shaneka Davis' (NUSL '13) spoke with us recently about her investigation into the 1944 killing of Pvt. Booker T. Spicely, and her career beyond law school into advocacy and health policy: bit.ly/ShanekaDavis_C…
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CRRJ alumna, Kyleen Burke (NortheasternLaw '18) shares her experiences investigating racially-motivated homicides in the Mississippi Delta, and her lasting bond with these communitites: bit.ly/4b6fZF9
Join us 5.9 for an interdisciplinary hybrid convo about how to think about history in the present, the role of race in international, transitional, and historical justice, and redress and remedy for harms that reach from centuries ago into today. Register:
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🗓️TOMORROW 👉 Time, Law and Justice: Past and Presents of Colonialism, Racism and Inequality, led by Zinaida Miller Faculty Fellow for the Center for Law, Equity and Race NortheasternLaw. May 9, via Zoom. Will be joined by Matiangai Sirleaf and other experts.
Register: law.northeastern.edu/event/clear-sy…
ONLINE EVENT: Join NortheasternLaw Center for Law Equity & Race for a conversation about history in the present, the role of race in international and transitional justice, and redress for historical harms
REGISTER: law.northeastern.edu/event/clear-sy… Boston College Lynch School New England Law | Boston John D. O'Bryant African American Institute Museum of African American History
“I saw how poor Black and brown people were treated in Boston, in Massachusetts, and I wanted to be the voice for my community.”
CRRJ NortheasternLaw alumnae, Shaneka Davis (NUSL'13) investigated the 1944 killing of Pvt. Booker T. Spicely. Read about her experience: bit.ly/ShanekaDavis_C…
Apply today to be a summer intern with the Louis A. Berry Institute for CRJ at SULC in partnership with the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice! The program runs from June 3 to July 19, 2024 with alternative dates available for students seeking externship credit. The deadline to apply is May 15.
“I’m hopeful, but I don’t think I’ll ever have an experience that was more impactful than that.”
Tara Dunn (NortheasternLaw '17) on her time in CRRJ's clinic, investigating the death of Henry “Peg” Gilbert in 1947.
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It was an honor to participate in #NABJ Headquarters ✊🏾🖊️🎙️💻 📷 🎥 📝 🔈's Region III Conference April 12-13, in Tulsa, OK. We hope that in sharing the Burnham-Nobles Digital Archive, it can become a trusted and well-used resource for all journalists: bit.ly/49IwKot
TY Eva D. Coleman, Ken Lemon
This #WorldBookDay read Margaret Burnham's award-winning book 'By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow's Legal Executioners' which reveals the legal system of Jim Crow and captures victims' stories before untold: wwnorton.com/books/97803938…
Best Book of the Year: The New Yorker, Oprah Daily...
