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Georgetown University Students Vote to Establish Reparations Fund

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Apr 16, 2019
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Students at Georgetown University are a step closer to establishing the first slavery reparations policy in the United States. More than two-thirds of students voted to endorse a semesterly fee that would benefit the descendants of the 272 enslaved people who were sold by the Jesuits who ran the university.

Students held a vote on Thursday, April 11 to a…

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