A Jesuit statue stands in front of Freedom Hall at Georgetown University in Washington. Students at the private university voted last year to add a fee to tuition to help pay for projects in communities that are home to descendants of the 272 slaves who were sold in 1838 by the university to help pay off the school’s debts.
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U.S. colleges continue to grapple with ties to slavery
The promise of reparations to atone for historical ties to slavery has opened new territory in a reckoning at U.S. colleges, which until now have responded with monuments, building name changes and public apologies.
