Burnham Receives Multiple Honors

Professor Margaret Burnham
Photograph by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University
Honors Roll
Professor Margaret Burnham was recently honored with the prestigious Equity Award by the National Consortium on Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts at its annual conference, where she also served as a keynote speaker. Established in 2017, the Equity Award recognizes individuals who have made distinguished lifetime contributions or exceptional efforts to advance equal access and fair treatment in the court system. Burnham also received a Kaleidoscope Award for Literary Excellence from the CT Vivian Foundation. The award recognizes best-selling authors who have made exceptional contributions to the African American experience. Burnham is the author of the award-winning book By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow’s Legal Executioners.
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