Toni Morrison’s Influence Extends Beyond Literature

Professor Margaret Burnham, director of NUSL’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project (CRRJ), reflects on the late Toni Morrison’s 2013 visit to Northeastern, during which she met with three families who’d lost a relative to racial violence in the 1940s: “It was a very special time. She really gave them her heart and listened quite closely as they shared their stories. Ms. Morrison listened intently and knowingly, as good storytellers do. That, to the families, was deeply restorative.”