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.

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Main Author: Wilder, Craig Steven (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2014.
Edition:Paperback edition
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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. Wilder was awarded the University Medal of Excellence in 2004 by Columbia University. The author of A Covenant with Color and In the Company of Black Men , he was also featured in the news-making documentary The Central Park Five . He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.