Genealogy's Golden Age: Alum D. Brenton Simons Is a Leading Champion | Bostonia
BU Alum D. Brenton Simons heads American Ancestors/New England Historic Genealogical Society
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Georgetown University's Slave Sale and Descendant Scholarships
Georgetown University faces scrutiny for its involvement in a historic slave sale. Students seek reparations and reconciliation. $27 million funding announced.
Source: washingtoninformer.com
Project seeks to name the 10 million people enslaved before the Civil War
A new collaborative project called 10 Million Names, spearheaded by the New England Historic Genealogical Society and American Ancestors, is seeking to identify and name each one of those enslaved people.
Source: wgbh.org
Confronting Georgetown's History of Enslavement
In “The 272,” Rachel L. Swarns sets out how the country’s first Catholic university profited from the sale of enslaved people.
Source: newyorker.com
Black Catholics celebrate Juneteenth, reckon with church's history of slavery
“Dearest brothers and sisters in Jesus, the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” Cardinal Wilton Gregory said from the altar at Mount Calvary Catholic Church Sunday morning. “Surely that scriptural
Source: fredericknewspost.com