Selected Articles

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?