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Who were trafficked and sold as slaves in 1838 by georgetown university. now you're a student at the school. tell us about it. >> so it's definitely an interesting experience, but i think mainly i feel a sense of pride and purpose, and that purpose being to honor the lives and legacy of the g 2 72 and the other enslaved individuals and advocating for reparations for the descendants and i'm honored to be here today and to be able to do that. >> now, in october of 2019, the university said it would commit at least $400,000 annually to fund community-based projects to support descendant communiti...

Especially in the racially tensioned country that we are now, we have now or never, and i don't think that in graduating in six months, if this doesn't happen, i view that as failure of my leadership and georgetown's leadership. >> julia, are you in touch with any other school or university on this topic? >> i'm not. i've been working with nile and other students on this topic heavily, but i haven't heard from any other university on this topic. >> now, this money is being raised through fundraising, not from student fees like students wanted. why is that? >> i think it's because georgetown an...

Labor, both social, cultural, and economic, contributed to a university that now brings in millions of dollars to fund itself and its auxiliary institutions. it's not acceptable to view that as a favor and not a commitment to pay something that is owed. >> julia, what else can georgetown do apart from this money? what else can they do? >> well, i would like the university to start having open and honest conversations with more descendants. georgetown communicates with about ten descendants. we know there are thousands of defendants. there's actually groups of hundreds of defendants who have fi...

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