Tag Archives: civil rights

Margaret Burnham

Posted on March 23, 2026 by Bookworm

Renowned legal scholar, civil rights advocate, and former judge Margaret A. Burnham will deliver a talk on her acclaimed book By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow’s Legal Executioners on April 8 at 7 p.m. in Gasson 100. By Hands Now … Continue reading →

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Civil rights road trip

Posted on June 17, 2024 by Bookworm

When 1970 Boston College graduate John (Jack) Hanrahan and his wife traveled through the South to visit sites that were connected to important events in the country’s civil rights era, they found the most recent book on civil rights travel … Continue reading →

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Eleanor Roosevelt & Mary McLeod Bethune

Posted on July 18, 2023 by Bookworm

Bestselling novelist Marie Benedict, a graduate of Boston College, and acclaimed author Victoria Christopher Murray have written a new historical novel about the singular friendship between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and educator and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune. The … Continue reading →

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