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Petition for Posthumous Pardon of Callie House

Ronald S. Sullivan Jr., Jesse Climenko Clinical Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

Dear Mr. President: In 1916 Callie Guy House was convicted and sentenced to a prison term for obtaining money by “false and fraudulent pretenses”—a sentence not supported by one scintilla of evidence. Callie House had been targeted and harassed by federal officials for years because of her legitimate political activities encouraging the formerly enslaved to demand that the U.S. government provide them with welfare assistance as they aged in abject poverty. Exercising the very rights denied to her, we petition the Office of the Pardon Attorney to recommend that the President grant a posthumous pardon to Callie House. READ

Environmental and Climate Justice

The Call of the Wild in our Cities: Morality, Race, and the Environment

New England Aquarium and Lowell Institute

When many American cities are being economically revitalized and the global environment is existentially threatened, history morally calls on us to protect our environment.

When Discrimination and a Pandemic Collide

HKS PolicyCast

PolicyCast host Thoko Moyo discusses impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on marginalized communities with Cornell William Brooks.

The Life and Legacy of Congressman John Lewis and Reverend CT Vivian

Cornell William Brooks and Devon Jerome Crawford | Trotter Collaborative

Statement on the Observance of Juneteenth

Cornell William Brooks | Trotter Collaborative

Racial Justice

Exonerating a History and a Heroine – Presidential Posthumous Pardon Petition on Behalf of Mrs. Callie House

Press Conference, Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Press conference will be held on the 123rd anniversary of the beginning of the federal proceedings against the foremother of the reparations movement and the first national reparations organization.

Democracy and Justice, Resources

From Cycles of Harm to Cycles of Opportunity: Justice for Edna Mahan Correctional Facility and the State of New Jersey

Harvard Kennedy School Project Team

Read the report by students enrolled in “Creating Justice in Real Time”, an advocacy-focused course hosted by the Trotter Collaborative at HKS.

Stopping the Next George Floyd killing: Empowering Bystanders, Encouraging Ethical Police

Catherine A. Sanderson and Cornell William Brooks | Opinion, USA Today

Environmental and Climate Justice

The Call of the Wild in our Cities: Morality, Race, and the Environment

New England Aquarium and Lowell Institute

When many American cities are being economically revitalized and the global environment is existentially threatened, history morally calls on us to protect our environment.

When Discrimination and a Pandemic Collide

HKS PolicyCast

PolicyCast host Thoko Moyo discusses impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on marginalized communities with Cornell William Brooks.

Petition for Posthumous Pardon of Callie House

Ronald S. Sullivan Jr., Jesse Climenko Clinical Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

Reparations for Black Americans: Radical or Routine?

Cornell William Brooks and Linda J. Bilmes

CPL Closeup: Research & Scholarship of Cornell William Brooks

Center for Public Leadership

Racial Justice

Exonerating a History and a Heroine – Presidential Posthumous Pardon Petition on Behalf of Mrs. Callie House

Press Conference, Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Press conference will be held on the 123rd anniversary of the beginning of the federal proceedings against the foremother of the reparations movement and the first national reparations organization.

Democracy and Justice, Resources

From Cycles of Harm to Cycles of Opportunity: Justice for Edna Mahan Correctional Facility and the State of New Jersey

Harvard Kennedy School Project Team

Read the report by students enrolled in “Creating Justice in Real Time”, an advocacy-focused course hosted by the Trotter Collaborative at HKS.

Media Mentions

Harvard social justice event to commemorate William Monroe Trotter

Article

Now, 150 years after Trotter’s birth, the Trotter Collaborative is hosting a two-day event to introduce attendees to Trotter’s legacy and provide an opportunity to explore social justice work today.

Former NAACP President to Speak at MSU

Press Release

Cornell Williams Brooks, former president and CEO of the NAACP, and Professor at Harvard Kennedy School will speak at Mississippi State University on Feb. 21, 2022.

Mayors to Sign Nation’s First Sibling Cities Agreement at Kickoff on Tuesday

Press Release

Sibling Cities USA and the cities of Palo Alto, California and Bloomington, Indiana are hosting a virtual kickoff for the first-ever Sibling Cities relationship on February 15th. The Kickoff will feature a fireside chat with Cornell William Brooks.

Harvard University Professors: America’s Design Pays Reparations Already, Just Not To Black America

Article

Harvard Professors Cornell William Brooks and Linda Bilmes are making a strong case for reparations for Black Americans with the argument that the U.S. is already designed to compensate a wide range of specific groups for their suffering.

The Avant Guardian Podcast

Honoring a Radical Life
For Justice

WITH DR. KERRY GREENIDGE

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Pandemic
Resilience

WITH DR. DANIELLE ALLEN

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Where Do We Go From Here: A Roadmap from Protest to Policy

WITH MONICA CANNON-GRANT, ERIC CHENG, AND REV. DR. BRANDON THOMAS CROWLEY

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Social Justice at Harvard

What Ails American Democracy, and What to Do About It

Seven Harvard Kennedy School faculty share insights into the evident fragility of American democratic norms and institutions following the attack on the United States Capitol by followers of President Trump in January 2021. Cornell William Brooks provides his thoughts on fragility of the US democracy, white nationalism, and redemptive healing.

An Electorate that Wanted to be Heard

With votes still being counted in battleground states, a panel of experts took part in a webcast on November 4th, 2020 to begin making sense of the seesawing presidential election, and the participants liked much of what they’d seen. The panelists in the “U.S. Election Debrief,” organized by the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), stressed there were

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Petition for Posthumous Pardon of Callie House

The Call of the Wild in our Cities: Morality, Race, and the Environment

When Discrimination and a Pandemic Collide

The Life and Legacy of Congressman John Lewis and Reverend CT Vivian

Statement on the Observance of Juneteenth

Exonerating a History and a Heroine – Presidential Posthumous Pardon Petition on Behalf of Mrs. Callie House

From Cycles of Harm to Cycles of Opportunity: Justice for Edna Mahan Correctional Facility and the State of New Jersey

Stopping the Next George Floyd killing: Empowering Bystanders, Encouraging Ethical Police

Statement Condemning Police Violence in the United States

The Call of the Wild in our Cities: Morality, Race, and the Environment

When Discrimination and a Pandemic Collide

Petition for Posthumous Pardon of Callie House

Reparations for Black Americans: Radical or Routine?

CPL Closeup: Research & Scholarship of Cornell William Brooks

Exonerating a History and a Heroine – Presidential Posthumous Pardon Petition on Behalf of Mrs. Callie House

From Cycles of Harm to Cycles of Opportunity: Justice for Edna Mahan Correctional Facility and the State of New Jersey

Media Mentions

Harvard social justice event to commemorate William Monroe Trotter

Former NAACP President to Speak at MSU

Mayors to Sign Nation’s First Sibling Cities Agreement at Kickoff on Tuesday

Harvard University Professors: America’s Design Pays Reparations Already, Just Not To Black America

The Avant Guardian Podcast

Honoring a Radical Life
For Justice

Pandemic
Resilience

Where Do We Go From Here: A Roadmap from Protest to Policy

Social Justice at Harvard

What Ails American Democracy, and What to Do About It

An Electorate that Wanted to be Heard

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Where Do We Go From Here: A Roadmap from Protest to Policy

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What Ails American Democracy, and What to Do About It

An Electorate that Wanted to be Heard

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