The Pursuit of Educational Justice in Boston: A New Historical Investigation
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Boston, MA
Experience our new C-3 style inquiry on educational justice in Boston, applying analysis of equity and justice in schooling in the 1960s and 1970s and drawing connections to today. This event will be hosted in-person.
![A teacher speaks to a group of students gathered around them at a table](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-02/WhitneyYoungHS_NewEngalnd_2017.jpg?h=def3cf70&itok=ZbAhqrXq)
Advocating for Genocide Prevention: A Q&A With Mike Brand
Genocide prevention advocate Mike Brand talks about the power young people hold in helping to prevent genocides.
![World Refugee Day image.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-07/Responding_with_Humanity_AP_17257567061052_Medium_res.jpg?h=780e8245&itok=04F_OwYN)
The Myth of a Post-Racial Society After the Obama Presidency
Barack Obama's legacy as the first Black president of the US was shaped in part by the politics, race relations, and legacy of the Reconstruction era.
![Print shows head-and-shoulders portraits of Blanche Kelso Bruce, Frederick Douglass, and Hiram Rhoades Revels surrounded by scenes of African American life and portraits of John. R. Lynch, Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, Ulysses S. Grant, Joseph H. Rainey, Charles E. Nash, John Brown, and Robert Smalls.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-07/01619v.jpg?h=46c12aa3&itok=aNKcUyY9)
Why Just Mercy Matters
The film Just Mercy can offer invaluable insights to students in unpacking the harsh realities of the justice systems.
![Bryan Stevenson giving a Ted Talk](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2024-07/6945122783_9955987a88_o.jpg?h=0c2904f9&itok=YxyiJlBr)
The Reichstag Fire: The Shift from Democracy to Dictatorship
Germany's Reichstag Fire is seen as a cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy.
![Germans look on as the Reichstag building burns on February 27, 1933.](/sites/default/files/styles/dynamic_stack_296_1x/public/2022-06/Holocaust_1933_ReichstagFire_%20FH229429.jpg?h=40d6a7d7&itok=PBcAxqXk)