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Georgetown: Georgetown Slavery Archive the Curtain Goes Up
The Curtain Goes Up is a short film produced by Georgetown College students. The short film explores the hundred-year history of blackface minstrelsy at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. It utilizes archival material, found...
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Georgetown: Georgetown Slavery Archive Connecting Maryland's Past to Louisiana
"Connecting Maryland's Past to Louisiana's Present: The Georgetown 272" is an oral history project conducted by the T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History at Louisiana State University. Working with Professor Jonathan Earle and...
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Georgetown: Georgetown Slavery Archive a Conversation With Earlene Campbell
Yolonda "Coffeedreamz" Body interviews her cousin Earlene Campbell-Coleman for her Good News Feed broadcast on YouTube, July 9, 2020. Earlene Campbell-Coleman is a GU272 slave descendant. [27:02]
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Georgetown: Georgetown Slavery Archive Video: Facing Georgetown's History
In this short documentary film, students in classes at Georgetown University reflect on a trip they took to Louisiana in March 2018 to meet with members of the GU272 descendant community, visit Whitney Plantation and the site of Homer...
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Georgetown: Georgetown Slavery Archive Video: The Best Place to Start
This short film examines the effort by Georgetown students to secure passage of a student government referendum committing each undergraduate student to a new fee of $27.20. The fees would fund reparative justice initiatives in...
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Georgetown: Georgetown Slavery Archive Video: The Good Work
Georgetown Film Studies students explore the parallels between a Jesuit's unanswered plea and a University's reconnection with the descendants of slaves it owned, sold, and spurned. [13:37]
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Georgetown: Georgetown Slavery Archive Video: Naming Reconciliation
Georgetown Film Studies students investigate the life and character of Br. Joseph Mobberly, S.J., a major individual in Georgetown's history of slavery and its sale of 272 slaves to Louisiana. The film uses the presence of Mobberly's...
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Georgetown: Georgetown Slavery Archive "Amen" by Carlos Scott (2020)
Carlos Scott is a GU 272 direct descendant of Isaac Hawkins. Carlos grew up in Maringouin, Louisiana, but now resides in Bowie, Maryland. He is a singer and songwriter. Carlos writes songs that pay tribute to his "ancestors" and to all...
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Georgetown: Georgetown Slavery Archive Carlos Scott, "June 6, 2020"
A music video by Carlos Scott, a descendant of slaves, draws on the memory of his GU272 ancestors to honor the memory of George Floyd, killed by a Minneapolis police officer on May 25, 2020.