March 26, 2004

Brown U. to Explore Slavery, Reparations

By ANDREA L. FOSTER and ALYSON KLEIN

Brown University is moving forward with plans to probe the university's historical ties to slavery and to consider whether reparations should be made to the descendants of slaves.

Ruth J. Simmons, president of Brown, appointed a 16-member panel to explore the issue last spring. Ms. Simmons, the first African-American to lead an Ivy League college, is descended from slaves. The panel, called the University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice, is expected to continue investigating

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