Racial Justice at Georgetown

Berkley Center Examines Religion, Race and the Art of Storytelling

Georgetown's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs hosts an event encouraging informal dialogue on the intersection of faith and race as part of the American Pilgrimage Project, a university partnership with StoryCorp.

Professor: McDonald’s Franchises Mixed Blessing for Black Communities

African Americans benefitted and suffered from fast food’s infiltration into their communities since the late 1960s, according to Georgetown history professor Marcia Chatelain, who holds an NEH grant for a book project on the topic.

Georgetown Celebrates MLK, Focuses on Remembrance and Breaking Silence

Georgetown honors the legacy of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. with a semester of musical, academic, spiritual and service events that includes a concert and presentation of the John Thompson Jr. Legacy of a Dream Award. Watch the webcast.

Two New McCourt School Appointments Bring Focus to Philanthropy and Racial Justice

The McCourt School of Public Policy appoints Kathy Kretman, public policy professor and director of Georgetown's Center for Public and Nonprofit Leadership, and Tamara Copeland, president of the Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers, to two new roles that focus on philanthropy in addressing racial equity in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area.

Professor Gives Historic Pamphlets, Magazines to African American Museum

The Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture features items gifted by Georgetown history professor Maurice Jackson as well as a couple of university-related artifacts.

Panel Examines Slavery, Next Steps Through Lens of Catholic Social Thought

Georgetown’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life convenes a panel to examine the history of the university's ties to the institution of slavery and offer thoughts for how Catholic social thought and Jesuit values can help provide healing.

University Begins Series on Condition of African American D.C. Residents

An event yesterday in the Wilson building brought together key stakeholders from District health agencies, the District of Columbia City Council, community health providers and health care professionals, is the first of a Georgetown series called The State of African Americans in DC.

Georgetown Shares Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation Report, Racial Justice Steps

Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia announces next steps in the university’s ongoing process to acknowledge and respond to its historical ties to the institution of slavery.

NEH Funds Professor’s Book Project on Anti-Racist Anthropologist

Charles King, a professor at Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service and chair of the Department of Government, receives an NEH grant for a book project on the work of a group of early 20th-century social scientists and their fight against racism and other forms of prejudice.

Scholars Explore Psychic Hold of Slavery on 21st Century America

Georgetown professors Soyica Diggs Colbert and Robert Patterson hope their new book will spark conversations about how the American legacy of slavery informs a present in which African-Americans experience ongoing and increasing racial inequity and violence.