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Colleges confront their links to slavery and wrestle with how to atone for past sins

Colleges and universities across the U.S. have been taking a hard look at their ties to slavery. This isn’t an entirely new phenomenon. Back in 2006, Brown University published a report showing that the university – from its construction to its endowment – participated in and benefited from the slave trade and slavery. And since then, several other colleges and universities have disclosed their ties to the use of slave labor. At the University of Mississippi, a slavery research group has found that at least 11 enslaved people labored on the campus. At Georgetown University, officials disclosed in 2016 that one of its presidents – Thomas Mulledy – sold 272 enslaved men, women and children in 1838 to save the university from bankruptcy. The revelation sparked an effort to track down descendants of the people and to atone by offering preferential admission – but not scholarships – for them to study at Georgetown.

Raskin Will Seek Reelection, Sidesteps Questions About Other Ambitions

Subscribe But Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said on Friday he has no immediately plans to use his increased status as a political springboard. I honestly don t know the answer to that, the lawmaker told WAMU-FM host Kojo Nnamdi and political analyst Tom Sherwood, when asked about his future. Subscribe I am passionately committed to my work in the House of Representatives and to representing the great people in Montgomery and Frederick and Carroll counties, he added. And that s really all I want to do right now. The lawmaker, who served as the lead impeachment manager, cautioned that the former president remains a threat to the nation.

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