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Sept. 8, 2010
Top of the Ticket
April 16, 2009
World & Nation
Georgetown University and two theological seminaries announce funding commitments for descendants of slaves whose work or sale aided the schools.
Dec. 14, 2019
Pop & Hiss
Oct. 14, 2011
Sports
USC to play Virginia Commonwealth in NCAA tournament opener
March 13, 2011
Politics
President Clinton has decided to name Charles Rossotti, head of a Virginia-based computer consulting firm, to head the Internal Revenue Service, administration officials said Tuesday.
June 4, 1997
When one of American’s oldest and most prestigious universities decided to give preferential admission to the descendants of slaves with ties to the university, it immediately ramped up the pressure on other colleges to atone for their own complicated histories.
Sept. 2, 2016
California
The son of a Los Angeles executive who admitted paying a $400,000 bribe to secure a spot at Georgetown for his child as a tennis recruit sued the university to prevent it from kicking him out and nullifying his college credits.
May 15, 2019
Sept. 3, 2016
Georgetown University will give preference in admissions to the descendants of slaves owned by the Maryland Jesuits as part of its effort to atone for profiting from the sale of enslaved people, the president of the prominent Jesuit university in Washington announced Thursday.
Sept. 1, 2016