>> in 1838, georgetown sold the -- the president of georgetown helped negotiate the sale of about 272 people to louisiana, and from what we understand, about 15 to 20% of the money, the proceeds actually was used to pay down georg georgetown's debts.'s so i think it's actually quite crucial to the continuedl survival of the university.ni this is about the time that the university imposed tuition for the first time. so it was helping to meet a number of financial needs. >> sreenivasan: what about your thoughts on there university's actions today? >> i thought the report was thorough and quite thoughtful, but the real meaning to have thi report, i'm cautiously optimistic, i think the real meaning to have the report will get revealed over the next several years and decades as we see georgetown implement these promises, and it will depend on how fully those get institutionalized on the campuse so we can see them really get achieved. >> sreenivasan: so today thereo was a clause -- about admissions preference. explain that. >> i think they're looking at the descendents of the 272e people so

errol barnett has more from washington. >> reporter: georgetown, founded in 1789, is the ole catholic jesuit university in the united states. it has an endowment of $1.5 billion now but in 1838, the deputy was deep in debt and sold 72 slaves to stay open. today, the president dejoya apologized. >> we will seek our participation in the institution of slavery. >> reporter: last year, he created a committee to explain how the university to atone for its slavery past. in july, he told cbs news why. >> in this moment in america, we are living with the fact that we never ameliorated the original evil of slavery. >> reporter: the university says 10 to 15,000 of those descendents who get the same special look as alumni and donors. karen royal, one of the descendants, called it a good first step. >> our country is torn apart by racial strife right now and georgetown, a jesuit university, is the potential person to lead the charge with us. >> reporter: the university is creating an institute to study slavery's legacy and building a memorial and renaming two buildings, one for slave named isaac.

. >>> in a major announcement today georgetown university, the oldest jesuit institution in the for a low point in its history by allowing descendants of people it bought and sold as slaves to get the same treatment as its most elite alumni. nbc's kristen welker with more. >> reporter: it was news maxine crump and michelle harrington could have never imagined. >> it was shocking. >> reporter: earlier this year the sisters learned they're the direct descendants of a group of slaves sold to louisiana in 1838 to save georgetown bankruptcy. today another stunning revelation. georgetown announcing the descendants of all 272 slaves sold and anyone who helped build the university will now get preferential treatment in the admission process, like the children of alumni. >> we belong as part of the georgetown family. and we need to get what's in effect are gifts. >> it makes us hoyas. niece, lauren crump. >> it makes me want to consider georgetown. >> reporter: more than a dozen universities, including harvard and brown, have publicly recognized their ties to slavery, but today georgetown went

recognize the descendents of the enslaved children, women and men. >> reporter: georgetown will seek to alter the physical imprint of its legacy, renaming two buildings which once paid tribute to college presidents involved in the 1838 slave sale. it all started last fall when students of all races started demanding justice. point of pride and overwhelming joy. >> reporter: what do you say to critics who would argue this is an important step but it doesn't go far enough? >> well, they're right. but we got to make the first step. >> reporter: a journey that began with 272 forgotten souls now on a path toward atonement and forgiveness. kristen welker, nbc news, washington. >>> still ahead tonight, pain relief without the pills. so many alternative treatments out there, but which ones revealing. >>> also a scary mix-up in the sky. why a mother says she is horrified with a h. heartburn. sorry ma'am. no burning here. try new alka-seltzer heartburn relief gummies. they don't taste chalky and work fast. mmmm. incredible. can i try? she doesn't have heartburn. new alka seltzer heartburn reli

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treatment in admission process, like the children of alumni. >> we belong as part of the georgetown family. >> it makes us. >> that's right. >> reporter: the news monumental for lauren crump. >> it makes me want to consider georgetown. >> reporter: more than a dozen universities, harvard and brown, have publicly recognized their ties to slavery, but today further. >> i want to recognize the descendents of the enslaved children, women and men. >> reporter: georgetown will seek to alter the physical imprint of its legacy, renaming two buildings which once paid tribute to college presidents involved in the 1838 slave sale. it all started last fall when students of all races started demanding justice. >> today brings a point of pride and overwhelming joy. doesn't go far enough? >> well, they're right. but we got to make the first step. >> reporter: a journey that began with 272 forgotten souls now on a path toward atonement and forgiveness. kristen welker, nbc news, washington. >>> still ahead tonight, pain relief without the pills. so many alternative treatments out there, but which on

it's a little chilly in georgetown, 59.6 degrees. we're fluctuating up and down with a couple of rain showers. as we turn to fall the jet stream will start having more and more of an impact on colorado. pressure tracks into the northern and central rockies. behind it, a cold front will sweep into colorado, sometime late thursday into early friday, bring enough cold air that some of our western mountains may pick up a little light snow as we head into the weekend. >> reporter: out here live, we're at the georgetown overlook. and the i-70 corridor from idaho springs to the tunnels is amazing right now with fall color! it's light rain showers on radar. and they are rolling toward denver. unfortunately they fizzle with all that dry air you have down there. but this is just an appetizer to the big weather change brewing, starting tomorrow. >> right you are, chris! we're gonna see a big change. a few scattered showers now. but we're watching a cold front to the north! it's gonna come down, sweep through the area. yesterday was 90. it could

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up next georgetown university >> slavery has been called america's original sin. this past week, a prominent catholic university owned up to its role in that sin, and said how it plans to atone for it. errol barnett has the story. >> georgetown, fonded in 1789 is university in the united states. it has an endowment of $1.5 billion now. but in 1838, the university was deep in debt and sold 272 slaves to stay open. today university president john degioia apologized. >> we will seek forgiveness for our participation in the institution of slavery. >> last year, degioia created a committee to explore how it should atone for its slavery past. we're living with the fact that we never ameliorated the original evil of slavery. >> the university says it will give preferential admission to descendants of the 272 slaves it sold for what today would be $3.3 million. it's estimated there are 10 to 15,000 of those descendants who now get the same special look as those of alumni and donors. karen royal, one of the descendants, called it a good first step. >> our country is really

joining me now is georgetown university professor dr. marsha chatlin.e working group that came up with this town to georgetown. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> so let's start here, because there are many institutions i think most people know across the country that have -- profited and benefitted from slavery and the sale of those slaves and the work of the slaves, georgetown made this move, why and why now? >> it's important to note although for many of us this is common knowledge, i think there's a sector of this population that wants to believe that slavery never happened. i think the reason why we're entering this conversation now is that we understand that we are really specially prepared to enter a national dialogue about slavery. i think this is part of a larger national landscape of questions about race and equity and justice. i think this is one of the many things we do as a university. >> okay, i want you to listen to one of the descendants of those slaves and then we'll talk about that on the other side. watch. >> i don't know that w

joining me now, a direct descendant of one of those slaves, georgetown sold to keep georgetown open,he is also the first black woman to become a tv news anchor in baton rouge, louisiana. your great great grandfather was sold to save georgetown. my goodness. what did you think when you heard the news? >> i was overcome. i was driving at the time and i felt like my car was going but i had stopped. it just took over my whole being. it was a door that opened that i never expected would have opened in my life. so this whole year has been just adjusting to having this new part of my life opened up and realizing how much is connected to all of us. all of america is a part of this heritage. >> so with this door opening -- i can't even begin to imagine what that feels like for you as far as the university itself. we just ran through everything they're doing now. is that enough? >> well, i don't know that enough would be an answer. i don't know that we can say, oh, this is enough. it's just a great beginning. what they're doing as a university, as a prominent university that was saved by the h

georgetown's president is live-streaming their formal amends. georgetown sold men, women and children from a maryland plantation sending them to indiana. the sale raised $115,000 that kept the school afloat. the descendents of those slaves will get preferred admissions and it's building a memorial to honor the slaves who were sold. the school is not offering any scholarships or assistance to the descendents. >>> we are returning to our weather now. we now have a hurricane in florida that is going to be getting close to us. doug, what kind of impact will it have up here? >> the good news is, if you live from d.c. up to the west of i-95, it won't have as much of an impact as we talked about yesterday. we talked about the potential to change course and it's still trying. that's why you have to stay tuned with this forecast. what's happening outside right now, some storms have begun to develop across our region. these are not hurricane. look at this line back to the west, frederick down towards blooma, watch this line. we may see it increase in inte

here's errol barnett. ( bell tolls ) >> reporter: georgetown, founded in 1789, is the oldest catholic jesuit university in the united states. it has an endowment of $1.5 billion now, but in 1838 the university was deep in debt and sold 272 slaves to stay open. degioia apologized. >> we will seek forgiveness for our participation in the institution of slavery. >> reporter: last year, degioia created a committee to explore how the university should atone for its slavery past. in july he told cbs news why. >> in this moment in america, we're living with the fact that we never ameliorated the original evil of slavery. it will give preferential admission to descendants of the slaves it sold for what today would be $3.3 million. it's estimated there are 10,000 to 15,000 of those descendants who now get the same special look as those of alumni and donors. karen royal, one of the descendants, called it a good first step. >> our country is really torn apart by racial strife right now, and georgetown, as a jesuit institution, is perfectly positioned to lead the charge with us. >> reporter: the

now that georgetown marshal's attorney to investigate the fire chief. the story you first broke on cbsdenver.com, matt. >> reporter: karen, the district attorney has confirmed he has launched an investigation into those claims. this all boils down to a police raid on a suspected marijuana grow operation here in georgetown. an assistant fire chief who provided pivotal information for those officers warrant. >> reporter: when georgetown police surrounded this building to bust what they thought was an illegal pot grow, they were using critical information. he had been inside the being to inspect it weeks earlier. turns out the raid was a big mistake. the building owner had this written agreement with the town to use the property to grow medical marijuana. no charges were ever filed. looking into why that assistant fire chief was disciplined by his boss. fire chief kelly babian, for providing police with intel on the building, and what was allegedly going on inside. the chief wouldn't go on camera, learning of the d.a. investigation from us. he says it's a

it was 1838, georgetown university was on the verge of bankruptcy. the school's leaders at the time decided to sell 272 slaves the jesuits owned in maryland. maxine lives outside of baton rouge. she never knew her great-great-great grandfather was a slave until "the new york times" reporter told her. now she feels a connection to the school. >> they did the work. they did it. and became something and brought us to where we are. so we are all a part of that. >> reporter: earlier this summer, the president of the university met with dozens of bring them into the georgetown community. >> that sale saved georgetown. >> reporter: today, he made a public apology before hundreds of students. >> a very encouraging development. i like to see that the school is openly acknowledging its history. >> i think it's great that it is happening. >> reporter: in addition, the university is undertaking several other steps to atone for the way it treated the slaves. including renaming two buildings that were named for the priests who oversaw the selling of the slaves. th

." >> sreenivasan: graduation day at georgetown university. it takes four years, more thanth $200,000 dollars, and a lot of hard work to get here. but now more employers are asking, what does a four-years degree really mean? what true marketable skills cana new graduates offer the work force? georgetown university is trying to answer that question. >> we're hearing from employers. how do you differentiate between two graduates?ou >> sreenivasan: professor randall bass leads the college's designing the future initiative. >> if you've got a pile of ten graduates who all have degrees from quality liberal artser schools, and they all look more or less alike in terms of their formal credentials, are there ways to differentiate them?e >> sreenivasan: last semester, bass and colleagues at georgetown offered a free experimental course for students who want to further distinguish themselves.fo instead of receiving ang traditional credit, students who meet the requirements are awarded a digital badge. >> what we see in the badges is a way of trying to h

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for descendants like cheryllyn branche and her brother johnui living in louisiana, georgetown's push for answers has solved a mystery for her family. >> not having your history is something that we've lived with. you. who are you? who were you, before you were born? when you were a whisper, when you were a thought? >> rorter: racial tensions here on campus and across the country in recent yearsnd triggered georgetown's introspection, and while descendant still feels the whi school hasn't done enough, maurice, others hope more institutions with similar histories follow suit. >> dubois: errol barnett in washington, thank you. coming up next on the "cbs evening news," facebook didn't s went up in flames. and later, mind travel. the device that can take seniors hey marc, how you feelin'? don't ask. this is what it can be like to have shingles. a paful, blistering rash. i never thought this would happen to me. if you had chickenpox the shingles virus is already inside you. 1 in 3 people will get shingles in their lifetime. i'm going to go back to the eye doctor tomorrow. it's pretty close

. >> reporter: georgetown sr.the school's painful past. he says plenty of work lies ahead. >> this is the first good step on behalf of georgetown university. i'm really looking forward to future initiatives and further commitments of resources that the university has to reconcile the legacies of slaveries still today. >> reporter: now, currently, there are no plans to offer scholarships to those descendents but keep in mind, georgetown is one of the nation's few -- schools and the president explains no undergraduate is prevented from attending due to financial aid. >> i'm a georgetown graduate so i know that they have been working on this issue and i think they have done a beautiful job in handling being a role model. >> the woman said it, the best place to start is with an apology and acknowledging it. >>> when a helicopter gets stuck in the mud, you don't call a tow truck. ahead, the high flying rescue that you don't see every day. cool. >> wow. >>> first, it's time to check your local weather. announcer: this p

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