In June 2021, the PBS investigative series, FRONTLINE, will begin publishing Un(re)solved, “a major initiative telling a story of lives cut short and examining a federal effort to investigate more than 150 cold…

CRRJ is excited to announce Hulu’s release of the documentary, “The Lynching of Henry ‘Peg’ Gilbert,” a production of the Civil Rights & Restorative Justice Project, ABC 7 Chicago, and the Northeastern University…

In 2014, CRRJ law student Shaneka Davis investigated the long-forgotten case of Booker Spicely, a soldier killed by a bus driver in Durham, North Carolina in 1944 because he protested Jim Crow seating. …

“As you might imagine, such a larger project requires the work of many. I was hired as Project Archivist in February 2020 to help transition CRRJ’s case records from a collection of individual…

Northeastern University School of Law’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice project, or CRRJ, is seeking to correct the false narrative surrounding the lynching of a Black man nearly 75 years ago through a documentary made in collaboration with the university’s School of Journalism.

Shelia Washington, who passed away on January 29, 2021 at the age of 61, was a brilliant, tenacious, and pioneering leader of the movement for redress for Jim Crow crimes.  Born and raised…

How CRRJ revived the Royal Cyril Brooks case — and led to a city’s apology

The legacy of the institution of slavery—and of racial injustice that continues to this day—amounts to more than just violence, said author Ta-Nehisi Coates during a daylong conference hosted by CRRJ and the Africana Studies…

To combat racism and create meaningful reforms in the criminal legal system, the Zitrin Foundation of San Francisco is establishing a $2.5 million endowed fund at Northeastern University School of Law

Researchers at CRRJ uncovered Gilbert’s story. As law students at the time, Tara Dunn and Ariel Kong proved that Gilbert was lynched, and that the legal records lacked evidence for any wrongdoing on his part. Their work led to an official apology from the current sheriff of Harris County, Georgia.

Between 1930 and 1970, at least 144 African Americans were killed by police officers in Jefferson County, AL; 129 of those incidents occurred in Birmingham alone.

The police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor are recent examples of a tragic narrative that is sewn deep into…

The circumstances of Finch’s lynching…

For a decade, Melissa Nobles and Margaret Burnham have been unearthing records that tell the stories of yesterday’s George Floyds.

Murder in Mobile has earned a Boston/New England Regional Emmy® Award in the documentary category

More than 70 years after he was murdered in cold blood by a city of Gretna police officer, Royal Brooks and his family…

Over two days, the institute hosted a panel featuring Judge Margaret Burnham, focusing on the legal, cultural and social importance of Edwards’ hospital, followed by a “song cycle” featuring performances…