70th Anniversary of Emmett Till’s Lynching: CRRJ Director on Cold Case Review Board, Release 6,500 Federal Records
Emmett Till was lynched on August 28, 1955. This year marks the 70th anniversary of his killing. Margaret Burnham serves on The Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board, responsible for their release.
CRRJ Travels to Memphis for Memorial Honoring Lives Taken by Memphis Police Department
CRRJ joined a citywide memorial in Memphis honoring lives taken by the Memphis Police Department on June 21, 2025.
The Burnham-Nobles Digital Archive presented at Digital Commonwealth’s annual conference
On April 29, 2025, Lydia Beal, CRRJ’s Research Associate, and Joy Zanghi, CRRJ’s Project Archivist, presented the Burnham-Nobles Digital Archive (BNDA) at Digital Commonwealth’s 19th Annual Conference. Their presentation spoke to the title…
CRRJ Director Margaret Burnham Honored by The C.T. Vivian Foundation
Margaret Burnham’s book, By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow’s Legal Executioners, honored at 4th annual Kaleidoscope Awards for Literary Excellence, in Atlanta, Georgia.
CRRJ Director Gives Keynote at Inaugural Legacies of Lynching Gathering
Professor Margaret Burnham, director of the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project (CRRJ) gave the keynote address at “Legacies of Lynching: An Inaugural Gathering,” Saturday, March 1, 2025.
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley Visits CRRJ, Kickstarts H.R. 40 Campaign
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley met with CRRJ staff and faculty, as her and her office takes on the task of reigniting interest in and riding co-sponsors for H.R. 40, and reparations broadly.
People’s Law Office Attorneys, Taylor and Thomson, visit CRRJ Clinic
CRRJ hosted two guest speakers from the Chicago-based attorney’s office, People’s Law Office. Attorneys Flint Taylor and Brad Thomson spoke with CRRJ Clinic students about using civil rights lawsuits to advance racial justice, particularly in cases involving police violence.
CRRJ to Host Summer 2025 Undergraduate Program
Apply to CRRJ’s Summer 2025 Undergraduate Program, and undertake unique research opportunities and explore the intersection of historical violence and the law.
Burnham-Nobles Digital Archive student researchers showcase investigations into historical cases of racial violence
The Burnham-Nobles Digital Archive fall 2024 cohort of undergraduate researchers showcased their semester-long investigations into historical, racially-motivated homicides, cases that are soon to be included in the archive.
Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford, Aimee Clesi, joins CRRJ for fall fellowship
The Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project was joined this fall by Aimee Clesi, CRRJ visiting researcher and Rhodes Scholar (Class of 2022) at Balliol College, University of Oxford. Studying for her doctoral degree…
Podcast: Sara Merlo, CRRJ’s Education Consultant on “Restoring Truth”
Sara Merlo, the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project’s Education Consultant, was interviewed for podcast The Teacher’s Forum about her work with CRRJ and the development of high school curricula centered on cases…
Prof. Burnham gives opening talk at Human Rights Home Lawyers’ Network symposium
CRRJ Director, Professor Margaret Burnham, was a keynote speaker at the Bringing Human Rights Home Lawyers’ Network annual symposium, held on June 20, 2024, at the Fordham University School of Law. The event — co-hosted by the Program…
CRRJ and CLEAR leaders discuss reparations at Martha’s Vineyard event
Professor Margaret Burnham, CRRJ director and faculty co-director of Northeastern Law’s Center for Law, Equity and Race (CLEAR) was the featured speaker at an event hosted in Martha’s Vineyard on July 30 to…
Summer interns present case findings, expand CRRJ’s work to include 100 new cases
As the summer draws to a close, six student interns, who have spent nine weeks investigating close to 100 cases of racially motivated homicides, presented their findings and proposed avenues for further research…
CRRJ Welcomes, Alex Stein, Staff Attorney and Program Director
Please join us in welcoming Alex Stein (NUSL‘19) to the Center for Law, Equity and Race (CLEAR) — our new Staff Attorney and Program Director for the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project (CRRJ). An…
CRRJ and Southern University celebrate a decade in partnership
The decade-long partnership between Northeastern University School of Law’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project (CRRJ) and the Southern University Law Center’s Louis A. Berry institute for Civil Rights & Justice (SULC) was celebrated at the school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
2024 summer interns to aid CRRJ case investigations, reparations research and restorative justice efforts
This summer, Northeastern Law’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Clinic (CRRJ) the Center for Law, Equity and Race (CLEAR) and the Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) will welcome 19 intern students from across…
Donated Bodies: CRRJ Director to co-direct new project, examining treatment of human remains
This summer, CRRJ Director Margaret Burnham is co-directing a project that seeks to evaluate the ethical concerns raised by the widespread U.S. practice of disposing of executed and deceased prisoners’ remains by donating…