Basic Black: Exploring Slavery and Ivy League Schools

On the December 13, 2013 episode of Basic Black, Craig Wilder, Professor of History at MIT and author of the new book Ebony & Ivy: Race, Slavery and the Troubled History of America's Universities, explored the connection of slavery to the beginnings of America's Ivy League schools.

[@jus3278]

This was such a necessary work.

[@Mr._Moderate]

I knew of one school but all the ivy league? 😳

[@rbhall1]

Now that this is known, what is the next step?

[@PhyllisMLeblanc]

Continue teaching the generations. I'm ordering 2 books for myself and my sister today.

[@karenlowe477]

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[@marcuslex8654]

Really? Re- inserting race unnecessrily in every discussion?