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Social Justice

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Politics

Trump, Biden Clash on Immigration, COVID … and Abe Lincoln

October 23, 2020

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Diversity & Inclusion

How Does Socioeconomic Inequality Affect Social Class, Especially for People of Color?

October 21, 2020

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Varsity Sports

More Than a Game: BU Athletics Embraces Social Justice Movement

October 14, 2020

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Public Health

Partners In Health Founder Paul Farmer to Speak Today on Social Class and Healthcare

September 23, 2020

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Social Class

Rich vs Poor: BU Learn More Series to Focus on Social Class in America

September 15, 2020

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Student Life

Led by Umoja and Student Government, BU Students Raise $100K for Social Justice Groups

June 4, 2020

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Voices & Opinion

Impassioned Reactions to Ben Shapiro’s Speech at BU

November 14, 2019

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Commencement

Commencement Speaker Rep. John Lewis Champions Civil Rights

May 17, 2018

Martin Luther King leading march from Selma to Montgomery to protest lack of voting rights for African Americans. Beside King is John Lewis, Reverend Jesse Douglas, James Forman and Ralph Abernathy.

Social Justice

POV: As It Was for MLK, the Present and Future Should Be Our Focus

April 2, 2018

Robert E. Lee confederate civil war monument in Charlottesville, VA

Politics

POV: The Controversy over Confederate Civil War Monuments

September 25, 2017

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Politics

POV: When Fleeing Police Isn’t Necessarily Incriminating

December 19, 2016

Students hold signs and chant during a Black Lives Matter protest on Marsh Chapel Plaza at Boston University

University News

Rally on Marsh Plaza in Support of Black Lives Matter

October 7, 2016

Steven Hoffman, Deputy Chief, Medicaid Fraud Division, Mass. Attorney General’s Office (left) Ronald Simpson-Rey, alumni associate, JustLeadershipUSA, and Glenn Martin, founder, JustLeadershipUSA at a School of Public symposium, “Beyond Ferguson: Social Injustice and The Health of the Public” on Feb. 1.

Health & Medicine

Beyond Ferguson

February 5, 2016

Boston University Students Protest Against Racism

University News

Hundreds Rally on Marsh Plaza against Racism

November 17, 2015

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Faculty

POV: An Emerging Movement Reminds Us of the Promise of MLK

January 16, 2015

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University News

Ferguson Vigil Comes to Marsh Plaza

December 3, 2014

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Social Justice

POV: The Civil Rights Act Turns 50

October 7, 2014

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Politics

Frank Discussion at Marsh Chapel’s Ferguson Forum

September 5, 2014

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Faculty

Eyewitness to the Turmoil in Ferguson

August 26, 2014

Eyewitness to the Turmoil in Ferguson