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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