A Jim Crow-Era Cold Case Researched by Northeastern Students Is the First Set of Records To Be Released Under New Law

The NARA’s new federal archive “marks an important moment in the movement to learn about — and learn from — the atrocities of the Jim Crow era,” says Margaret Burnham, director of Northeastern Law’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project (CRRJ) tells Northeastern Global News. “Rendering federal records widely available will make it possible to teach from this material, fully integrate this history in our national narrative, and better assist the families and communities that bear the weight of these past harms.”