A new report shows why #Connecticut is a model for reducing racial disparities in traffic stops – and why other states haven’t been successful. Read more: bit.ly/3LrfiLv

Connecticut’s Racial Profiling Prohibition program caused a 23.56 percent reduction in minority traffic stops, primarily pretextual stops, with no impact on stops of whites, from susan parker, @Matthew Ross, and Stephen L Ross nber.org/papers/w32692

Applications are now open for our Africana Studies Student Advisory Board! Apply now via the link/QR code above or in our bio. Read more about the position above. We hope you apply!

A complete history of anti-Black violence in the U.S. requires we make known those who, for decades, believed they could act with impunity. Here are the detailed histories of 3 prolific perpetrators, all police officers, from the Burnham-Nobles Archive: crrj.org/2024/07/repeat…

If you're in Martha's Vineyard, CRRJ Director Margaret Burnham is speaking at this event TONIGHT 👇 free and open to all.

#OTD in 1935 Albert Paden, 19, was kidnapped and killed by a lynch mob in Pittsboro, Mississippi. Paden had been arrested for allegedly attacking a white woman. His body was found hanging under the Yalobusha River bridge. More @ the Burnham-Nobles Archive: crrjarchive.org/incidents/560

📢 Staff announcement: Welcome Alex Stein, our new Staff Attorney and Program Director! Say 👋 crrj.org/efforts/crrj-w…

Last month marked 10 years of the SU Law Center Louis A. Berry Institute for CRJ at SULC and CRRJ partnership! Read more about this astonishing collaboration, correcting the historical record, their restorative justice efforts, and how they continue to center victims' voices: crrj.org/efforts/crrj-s…

#NUCSSH Prof. Patricia Williams recently released “The Miracle of the Black Leg: Notes on Race, Human Bodies, and the Spirit of Law.” The book has 14 essays that “account for those who don’t fit in… [and] question some recent Supreme Court decisions.” news.northeastern.edu/2024/07/18/the…

In awe of these wonderful students, this year's Chief Justice Ralph D. Gants Judicial Scholars -- congratulations to all and especially those NortheasternLaw massbarfoundation.org/news/au257v898…

#OTD in 1933 A.T. Harden, 15, was killed by a lynch mob in Tuscaloosa, AL. Harden, and Dan Pippen, 18, were in jail, when a mob seized the men and shot them. Investigations were hampered by Klan intimidation of witnesses. More - The Burnham-Nobles Archive: crrjarchive.org/incidents/363

🔊 “Together, we have made significant strides toward justice and healing. Let us celebrate this milestone with renewed determination to continue our work and make an even greater impact in the years to come.” A decade of SU Law Center Louis A. Berry Institute for CRJ at SULC and CRRJ! crrj.org/efforts/crrj-s…

✨ RETHINKING PUBLIC SAFETY ✨ Abstract from upcoming paper, authored by CRRJ and NortheasternLaw's CLEAR colleagues, Professor Deborah Ramirez and Elizabeth Zitrin Fellow Malcolm Clarke. To be published in forthcoming edition of Rutgers Law ⚖️ Review law.northeastern.edu/wp-content/upl…

Last month marked 10 years of the groundbreaking partnership between Louis A. Berry Institute for CRJ at SULC and the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice. Read about the ways in which this partnership continues to amplify the voice of victims. #SULC #CRRJ >> sulc.edu/news/6890

It may be summer time but our colleagues NortheasternLaw's Center for Law, Equity and Race keep on keeping on: law.northeastern.edu/clear-welcomes…

#OTD in 1943 Alfonzo Merritt, 39, was killed by police officers in Tuscumbia, Alabama. Merritt was visiting with a friend in their home, when officers, entered to search the premises. Merritt was shot during the search. More in the Burnham-Nobles Archive: crrjarchive.org/incidents/339

CRRJ hires Alex Stein, Staff Attorney and Program Director. Find out more: crrj.org/efforts/crrj-w…

This #LaborDay we remember Edward Bracey, a farmer killed #OTD in 1935 by a mob in Montgomery County, Alabama. During a cotton pickers’ strike, a gang vigilantes opened fire on Bracey’s house. He was killed trying to escape. More @ Burnham-Nobles Archive: crrjarchive.org/incidents/367

Excited to see our colleagues NortheasternLaw's Center for Law Equity and Race (Dr. Deborah Jackson, CLEAR Managing Director) and Criminal Justice Task Force on the agenda for Society of American Law Teachers 2024 Teaching Conference. Registration for this event Boston University School of Law is now open: saltlaw.org/events/2024-sa…

CRRJ & NortheasternLaw's Center for Law, Equity and Race (CLEAR) were represented at a recent town hall in Martha's Vineyard, on the topic of reparations. Read what CRRJ's director, Professor Margaret Burnham, and CLEAR's managing director, Deborah Jackson, said 👇 law.northeastern.edu/clear-leaders-…