Equity Week- All of Us. All the Time. with- Dr. Marcus Anthony Hunter

About this episode

Dr. Marcus Anthony Hunter discusses the significance of Equity Week 2026 and the concept of reparative justice.

Dr. Marcus Anthony Hunter is back in the classroom — and this time, the lesson is urgent. One week out from Equity Week 2026, Dr. Hunter — professor of sociology and African American studies, author of Radical Reparations: Healing the Soul of a Nation, and NBJC board member — walks us through everything you need to know. Why the week exists. Who it was built for. What it asks of you. Then we go deeper. The Trump administration’s $1.7 billion fund to compensate January 6th participants is not just wrong — it’s a moral inversion. Dr. Hunter breaks it down: the difference between hush money and reparations, what the Central Park Five actually had to wait for, and why enslaved people didn’t need pardons because they never committed a crime. He also gives the class a new frame: reparative justice. What it is, why it covers everything from police reform to educational equity, and why — when it comes to reparations — our work has already been done. Equity Week 2026 is June 10–13 in Washington, D.C. Register at nbjc.org/equity-week. EQUITY WEEK 2026 June 10–13, 2026 | Washington, D.C. Register: nbjc.org/equity-week Equity Ball tickets: NBJC Eventbrite page (or pay at the door) OUT on the…

People in this episode

Hosts: Dr. David J. Johns, Thomas Cunningham IV

Guest: Dr. Marcus Anthony Hunter

Topics covered

• equity
• reparations
• social justice
• educational equity
• advocacy
• sociology

Keywords

• Equity Week
• reparations
• social justice
• educational equity
• advocacy
• Dr. Marcus Anthony Hunter
• NBJC
• H.R. 40
• The Third Reconstruction Bill

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NBJC, Federal Reparations Commission Bill, The Third Reconstruction Bill

Places: Washington, D.C.

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