{"product_id":"ebony-and-ivy-race-slavery-and-the-troubled-history-of-americas-universities-9781608194025","title":"Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America's Universities","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e A groundbreaking exploration of the intertwined histories of slavery, racism, and higher education in America, from a leading African American historian.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA 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 \u003ci\u003eEbony and Ivy\u003c\/i\u003e, Craig Steven Wilder, a rising star in the profession of history, lays bare uncomfortable truths about race, slavery, and the American academy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMany of America's revered colleges and universities--from Harvard, Yale, and Princeton to Rutgers, Williams College, and UNC--were soaked in the sweat, the tears, and sometimes the blood of people of color. Slavery funded colleges, built campuses, and paid the wages of professors. Enslaved Americans waited on faculty and students; academic leaders aggressively courted the support of slave owners and slave traders. Significantly, as Wilder shows, our leading universities, dependent on human bondage, became breeding grounds for the racist ideas that sustained them\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eEbony and Ivy\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful and propulsive study and the first of its kind, revealing a history of oppression behind the institutions usually considered the cradle of liberal politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCraig Steven Wilder\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of American history at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has taught at Williams College and Dartmouth College. The author of \u003ci\u003eA Covenant with Color\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn the Company of Black Men\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ehe was recently featured in the news-making documentary \u003ci\u003eThe Central Park Five\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50641453875474,"sku":"9781608194025","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_927f5e54-9b72-4cdf-9531-98ff1ca13ff5.jpg?v=1733017711","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ebony-and-ivy-race-slavery-and-the-troubled-history-of-americas-universities-9781608194025","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}