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The Civil Rights & Restorative Justice Project, housed at the Northeastern University School of Law (CRRJ) is the pioneer academic program in the country examining current racial inequities through the lens of history and seeking creative reparative justice. CRRJ investigates, publicizes, and remediates cases of racial homicide. It has built the most comprehensive archive on racial violence events between 1930 and 1955 in the country.  Founded in 2007, CRRJ’s project is unique in its combination of rigorous research and community engagement.  CRRJ identifies the underlying hidden narratives from the time period and brings justice to families and communities. CRRJ’s mission is to: (1) publish and maintain an online archive on racial violence during the segregation era (forthcoming in 2022); (2) train civil and human rights lawyers through curricular offerings and advising; (3) design national, state and local reparative projects; (4) serve as a clearinghouse for policymakers in the field of historical injustice; and (5) support innovative scholarship on historical racial violence and reparative justice.  The Civil Rights & Restorative Justice Project is a program of the law school’s Center on Law, Equity and Race (CLEAR).