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Basic Black
Two Black women powerhouses in law and literature who used their talents in the fight for justice for African Americans. Harvard Law Professor Lani Guinier and acclaimed writer bell hooks were pathbreakers---rising to the top of their fields despite formidable racist barriers. Now Lani Guinier and bell hooks are among the ancestors. And we admirers of their outstanding intellectual and cultural contributions pay tribute…
Our Panelists:
Margaret Burnham, University Distinguished Professor of Law and Africana Studies and Director, Civil
Rights and Restorative Justice Project at Northeastern University
Kim McLarin, Professor and Interim Dean of Graduate and Professional Studies at Emerson College
Marita Rivero, Principal of Rivero Partners. Ms. Rivero is also the former director of the Museum of
African American History and the former VP and GM for Radio and Television at GBH.
Darren Duarte, Director of Communications and Outreach, Brockton Police department and a former
Host, of Say Brother and Basic Black, 1994-2004.
Callie Crossley hosts.
By GBH News4
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Basic Black
Two Black women powerhouses in law and literature who used their talents in the fight for justice for African Americans. Harvard Law Professor Lani Guinier and acclaimed writer bell hooks were pathbreakers---rising to the top of their fields despite formidable racist barriers. Now Lani Guinier and bell hooks are among the ancestors. And we admirers of their outstanding intellectual and cultural contributions pay tribute…
Our Panelists:
Margaret Burnham, University Distinguished Professor of Law and Africana Studies and Director, Civil
Rights and Restorative Justice Project at Northeastern University
Kim McLarin, Professor and Interim Dean of Graduate and Professional Studies at Emerson College
Marita Rivero, Principal of Rivero Partners. Ms. Rivero is also the former director of the Museum of
African American History and the former VP and GM for Radio and Television at GBH.
Darren Duarte, Director of Communications and Outreach, Brockton Police department and a former
Host, of Say Brother and Basic Black, 1994-2004.
Callie Crossley hosts.

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