Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice founding executive director Michelle Stephens interviews Rutgers president Jonathan Holloway about his new book, The Cause of Freedom: A Concise History of African Americans, published by Oxford University Press.
The establishment of the Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice marks a new direction among higher education institutions by using humanistic theories, methods and approaches to study global issues of race and social justice. The institute will span the entire university and will include centers at Rutgers’ campuses in Newark, New Brunswick, and Camden.