Author: Craig Steven Wilder
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Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery and the Troubled History of America’s Universities
A 2006 report commissioned by Brown University revealed that institution’s complex and contested involvement in slavery―setting off a controversy that leapt from the ivory tower to make headlines across the country. But Brown’s troubling past was far from unique. In Ebony and Ivy, Craig Steven Wilder, a leading historian of race in America, lays bare…