/tags/missouri-mission Missouri Mission en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Fri, 09 Feb 2024 01:19:30 GMT /race-identity-and-faith/2024-02-08/descendants-of-the-enslaved-who-built-slu-say-the-institution-owes-them-up-to-74-billion Descendants of enslaved Black people who worked for Jesuit missions in Missouri, including building St. Louis University, say the institution owes them up to $74 billion for unpaid labor. They are demanding that SLU officials hold to their commitments to work toward racial healing. Fri, 09 Feb 2024 01:19:30 GMT /race-identity-and-faith/2024-02-08/descendants-of-the-enslaved-who-built-slu-say-the-institution-owes-them-up-to-74-billion Andrea Y. Henderson /culture-history/2021-06-21/their-lives-matter-descendants-of-those-owned-by-jesuits-want-their-voices-heard In March, the Jesuits and a group of Georgetown University descendants announced a new foundation with a plan for racial healing, but some St. Louis descendants say they had no input in a plan to allocate $100 million. Mon, 21 Jun 2021 10:14:50 GMT /culture-history/2021-06-21/their-lives-matter-descendants-of-those-owned-by-jesuits-want-their-voices-heard Marissanne Lewis-Thompson