ST. LOUIS — On Aug. 28, 2023, members of the Descendants of the St. Louis University Enslaved (DSLUE) non-profit organization launched a petition urging St. Louis University to atone for the ...

The St. Louis Jesuits are pictured, from left: John Foley, Roc O'Connor, Dan Schutte, Tim Manion, and Bob Dufford. The St. Louis Jesuits’ first recordings were released in 1974. The group is reuniting ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up The flowing script of an 1847 Jesuit missionary ledger page shows ...

Descendants of slaves that were forced to build St. Louis University say the Jesuit school owes them more than $70 billion in reparations. The figure was calculated by economists, based on 70 people ...

ST. LOUIS — A local partnership between the Jesuits and St. Louis University to research their history of slaveholding, including finding and reconciling with descendants, has been quietly downsized ...

Descendants of enslaved Black people who helped Jesuit missions in Missouri, including by constructing St. Louis University, have estimated that the institution’s stolen labor is worth between $361 ...

An entry in 1847 in an original ledger from Missouri Jesuits shows a “colored servant” named Matilda could buy her freedom for the price of $300 − “to be appropriated to” St. Francis Xavier Church.

Engaging the Next Generation of Health Care Professionals to Care for the St. Louis Community The Saint Louis University Health Resource Center (HRC) was founded in 1994 by a group of medical students ...