[act-ma] 2/27: Prof. MARGARET A. BURNHAM - "DuBois: Civil Rights and Social Justice"

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THE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF BOSTON
SUNDAY SPEAKERS FORUM presents...

Sunday, February 27, 2011
11:00am

29th Annual W.E.B. DuBois Address
Prof. MARGARET A. BURNHAM
"DuBois: Civil Rights and Social Justice"

Nearly a decade on the faculty of Northeastern Univ School of Law, Margaret
Burnham's fields of expertise are civil and human rights, comparative
constitutional rights & international criminal law. She is founder of the
School's Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project, which engages
students in legal matters related to the 1960s U.S. civil rights movement.

Prof. Burnham began her career in the 1970s at the NAACP Legal Defense and
Educational Fund, representing civil rights and political activists. In
1977, she became the first African American woman to serve in the Mass
judiciary, when appointed to the Boston Municipal Court as an associate
justice. In 1982, she became partner in a Boston law firm with an
international human rights practice. In 1993, South African president Nelson
Mandela appointed Margaret to serve on an international commission to
investigate alleged human rights violations within the African National
Congress. This commission was a precursor to the Truth and Reconciliation
Commission.

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