Zoomin’ in on Elyse Cherry ’83

Our new Zoomin’ in On series features an amazing graduate in a virtual conversation with Mielle Marquis, Northeastern Law’s director of external relations. On Friday, June 25, Mielle will be

83 Years After His Killing, a Black Solider Gets an Army Funeral.

Following almost a decade of investigation and advocacy by Northeastern Law’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project (CRRJ) and pro bono lawyers at Morgan Lewis, Private Albert King received a full military service last Sunday. “His name was stained, and we needed to cleanse that stain,” Professor Rose Zoltek-Jick, CRRJ’s associate director, told The New York Times.