Professor Burnham began her career at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. In the 1970s, she represented civil rights and political activists.
In 1977, Professor Burnham became the first African American woman to serve in the Massachusetts judiciary, when she joined the Boston Municipal Court bench as an associate justice. In 1982, she became partner in a Boston civil rights firm with an international human rights practice.
In 1993, South African president Nelson Mandela appointed Professor Burnham to serve on an international human rights commission to investigate alleged human rights violations within the African National Congress. The commission was a precursor to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
A former fellow of the Bunting
Institute at Radcliffe College and Harvard University's W.E.B. DuBois Institute for Afro-American Studies, Professor Burnham has written extensively on contemporary legal and political issues.
Co-chairs for the event are Gina Rushing Maguire, President of St Anthony High School in Long Beach, and Tarek Mohamed, Chairman of the Long Beach Islamic Center
Registration will begin at 6:45 a.m., with breakfast to follow at 7:30 a.m. The cost is $40 per person, $400 for a Harmony Table, $500 for a Peace Table, $750 for a Celebration Table, and $1,200 for a Jubilee Table. For more information, or to make reservations, call (562) 435-8184 or email [email protected].
Seating is limited and reservations must be made by February 12, 2016.