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June 17, 2023
My Church Was Part of the Slave Trade. This Has Not Shaken My Faith
June 15, 2023
The Families Enslaved by the Jesuits, Then Sold to Save Georgetown
August 16, 2022
Catholic Order Struggles to Raise $100 Million to Atone for Slave Labor
August 6, 2022
The Search for a Meaningful Clue to the Mystery of an Enslaved Ancestor
April 17, 2021
A Catholic Order Pledged $100 Million to Atone for Taking Part in the Slave Trade. Some Descendants Want a New Deal.
March 16, 2021
My Research Into the History of Catholic Slaveholding Transformed My Understanding of My Church.
March 15, 2021
Catholic Order Pledges $100 Million to Atone for Slave Labor and Sales
October 30th, 2019
Georgetown’s $400,000-a-Year Plan to Aid Slave Descendants
September 12th, 2019
The Seminary Flourished on Slave Labor. Now It’s Planning to Pay Reparations
August 2nd, 2019
The Nuns Who Bought and Sold Human Beings
September 21st, 2018
What Do You Do When Someone Makes a Racist Remark?
June 28th, 2018
At 98, the Army Just Made Him an Officer: A Tale of Racial Bias in World War II
April 3rd, 2018
Martin Luther King Jr.: 50 Years Later, His Battles Live On
December 21st, 2017
“Five Takeaways From a Year of Talking About Race”
December 18th, 2016
Insurance Policies on Slaves: New York Life’s Complicated Past
September 1st, 2016
Georgetown University Plans Steps to Atone for Slave Past
June 18th, 2016
Words of Obama’s Father Still Waiting to Be Read by His Son
April 16th, 2016
272 Slaves Were Sold to Save Georgetown. What Does It Owe Their Descendants?
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