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Brown University

• Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice

Columbia University

• Columbia University and Slavery 

Georgetown University

• Georgetown Slavery Archive
• Georgetown University: Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation

Harvard University

• Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University

Princeton University

• The Princeton & Slavery Project: An exploration of Princeton University’s historical ties to the institution of slavery

Rutgers University

• Scarlet and Black Project: An Exploration of the African-American and Native American Experience at Rutgers

University of Cincinnati

• Charles McMicken’s (UC’s primary benefactor) Legacy

University of Mississippi

• University of Mississippi Slavery Research Group
• University of Mississippi courses

University of Pennsylvania

• Penn & Slavery Project 

University of South Carolina

• Slavery at South Carolina College, 1801-1865: The Foundations of the University of South Carolina

University of Virginia

• UVA President’s commission on slavery

Washington and Lee

• African Americans at Washington and Lee

William and Mary

• William and Mary Lemon Project

Colby College

• President’s House named for the family of “Janitor Sam” Osborne

Emory University

• Emory statement of regret & related history

The University of Texas at Austin

• Missing a chance to address the role of racism in UT’s history 

Virginia Theological Seminary

• VTS to Designate $1.7 Million as a Fund to Make Reparations

Yale University

• Yale removing carving of gun pointed at Native American

• Universities Studying Slavery