Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Student Organizers Host First Annual Slavery Remembrance Event

Student Organizers Host First Annual Slavery Remembrance Event

By Clayton Kincade September 15, 2023

Georgetown University students hosted the first ever Slavery Remembrance Day event Sept. 10 to honor the horrific plight and servitude of enslaved persons and the work and strength of their descendants. Hoyas...

COURTESY MAXINE CRUMP

Crump: “It’s Been There All Our Lives”

By Kshithij Shrinath April 29, 2016

When Maxine Crump, 69, heard the name “Cornelius,” she knew that the man on the phone was on to something. After all, it was her great-grandfather’s name, his son’s name, his daughter’s son’s...

Courtesy Patricia Bayonne-Johnson

Bayonne-Johnson: “My Goal Was Just to Tell My Story”

By Kshithij Shrinath April 29, 2016

Patricia Bayonne-Johnson’s search began innocuously. When the teacher of her scrapbooking class brought in an example project documenting a family history, she loved the idea. “That got me started,”...

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