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Ebony & ivy race, slavery, and the troubled history of America's universities

A leading African American historian of race in America exposes the uncomfortable truths about race, slavery, and the American academy, revealing that leading universities, dependent on human bondage, became breeding grounds for the racist ideas that sustained it.

Main Author: Wilder, Craig Steven (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2014.
Edition: Paperback edition
Subjects:
Discrimination in higher education > United States.
Racism in education > United States.
Slavery > United States.
Universities and colleges > United States > History.
African Americans > Education (Higher) > United States > History.
Minorities > Education (Higher) > United States > History.
United States > Race relations.
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Summary: A leading African American historian of race in America exposes the uncomfortable truths about race, slavery, and the American academy, revealing that leading universities, dependent on human bondage, became breeding grounds for the racist ideas that sustained it.
Physical Description: 423 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781608194025 (pbk.)
1608194027 (pbk.)
Author Notes: Craig Steven Wilder is a professor of American history at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has taught at Williams College and Dartmouth College. The author of A Covenant with Color and In the Company of Black Men , he was recently featured in the news-making documentary The Central Park Five . He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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