Institutions across the country are digging into their history to understand how they were complicit in slavery. Spoiler Alert: they all were. It was the slavery-driven economic system that fueled the growth of our nation and was not discrete based on institutional boundaries. But what does it mean to be accountable? What does reconciliation look like? What about reparations? Saint Louis University in Missouri has engaged in a multi-year archival research process to bring to life the 6 enslaved individuals who the Jesuits brought to St. Louis in 1823. Dr. Jonathan Smith, Vice President for Diversity and Community Engagement, shares about the project and some of the lessons learned.

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