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Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America's Universities Paperback – Illustrated, September 2, 2014

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A groundbreaking exploration of the intertwined histories of slavery, racism, and higher education in America, from a leading African American historian.

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 rising star in the profession of history, lays bare uncomfortable truths about race, slavery, and the American academy.

Many 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.

Ebony and Ivy 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.

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“Wilder knows a great deal about his subject and does not flinch from facing it head-on . . . There is much to admire in Ebony & Ivy and much to learn from it.” ―The Washington Post

“A groundbreaking history that will no doubt contribute to a reappraisal of some deep-rooted founding myths.” ―Kirkus Reviews, starred review

“A well-researched and revealing look at the connection between American academia and American slavery.” ―Booklist, starred review

“Wilder's copiously documented argument exposes how deeply implicated American higher education has been in racial exploitation that has dispossessed and subjugated peoples of color so as to invest whites beyond measure. His is a study deserving of serious attention from anyone interested in America's history, institutions, or intellectual development.” ―Library Journal

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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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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bloomsbury Publishing; Reprint edition (September 2, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1608194027
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1608194025
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.22 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.1 x 1.3 x 9.15 inches
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Greg Lakey
5.0 out of 5 stars Sickening: There should be a little more to life than capitalism
Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2014
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Excellent book!! Extremely intelligent read!! It sheds light on the demonstrative behavior of "white" people and why America will always be a blood stained country that (has and always will) strive and prosper from dehumanizing others. A country build on capitalism where Indians were bamboozled into thinking they could benefit from a partnership with whites and Africans were labeled an inferior species by all of the "top white" minds in that time period is a very disturbing beginning. Additionally, having the politicians, the churches, and the institutions of higher learning all in unison about how to manipulate and dehumanizing people for the profit of "their" ideals is sickening. Since the advent of this culture whites have been able to "pass down" all sorts of property: slaves, live stock, vessels, acreage but then question why other races can not "do better" or wonder why people are upset that only whites are the predominant race in the "1%". When you can pass down free wealth while making sure no other race flourishes there will always be hatred. I am a mathematics educator and do not get to read leisurely often, but this book captivated me. I knew the history of the slave trade influenced churches, but I had no idea to what extent. All blacks are no where near how we are perceived, nor are whites; but when you have a book that is written so well and lays out historical facts as to how whites have and always will profit from the enslavement, dehumanizing, and killing of other races; it is very easy to not trust them.
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phillip king
5.0 out of 5 stars Race, A White Obsession
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EBONY AND IVY is a fantastic book, chock full of constructive information about how racism and institutions in America (particularly college institutions) are forever intertwined. It details how obsessed with race Europeans have always been since they decided to leave Europe and ravage the non-white world and how their obsession kept them on a consistent path of manufacturing justifications for savagery against indigenous Americans and Africans. The book is a very easy read and seldom gets boring. The authors style is not overly subjective and he simply presents the facts and allows you come to conclusions for yourself. Bobby E. Wright once said “Those who control institutions, control thought.” And this book is the best book I’ve read that proves that. From education to politics to medicine to religion, racism never stops for whites. Racism is white culture and it is inseparable from any place that Europeans maintain control over worldwide. When you read this book, and see how obsessed whites have always been with race, remember this when you hear racists today deem someone a “race-baiter”. Only racists use that term. They are natural hypocrites. I highly recommend this book.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating, Brave, Unique, A bit wordy and overworked
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I love the author. He has major cojones to take down the sacred cow of the ivy league. I was blown away and completely enlightened by his research. He doesn't worship at the alter of higher education because like an Irishman he knows that the upper classes wrote all the books. People are losing their respect for higher education because there aren't enough professors willing to suspend their careerist sycophancy enough to bite the hand that feeds them. The unis and the churches have more to do with racism than anyone. The clergy and the upper classes control our society and they achieve their status via their colleges.
I couldn't put the book down for the first few chapters. If writers with this kind of technical approach could merge their style with people like Ayaan Hirsi Ali or Tolstoy I would find their writing much more readable. He drops facts upon facts and I feel that the book was a little lacking in the storytelling department. That being said it blew me away and explained so much about the upper class attitude and it's relation to slavery. I also loved how he lays it down the way the universities and churches invented the rhetoric for the defense of slavery. They invented American classism to protect their own. I mean this guy is bad ass especially considering that he is a professor and has to work with these ivy league bootlickers all day! We put the unis on this pedestal and Wilder knocks them all down with his pinky. This is a book that could unite the left with the right because it tears down so many ideas about the superiority of the class that can afford elite universities. A university degree is still a marker of intelligence while in reality it's more of a marker of financial stability and therefore worth. How much of the Trumpie wackjob rhetoric is about university protestors being out of touch with the kind of problems facing the working class and poor? Ironically the Trumpie is typically the kind of (white) person that can't afford college. The majority of American families make less money in a year than the cost of a year at an elite school so tell me again how education isn't a luxury of the upper class. Politicians still use this kind of prejudice to manipulate voters.
I also love how he talks about how these schools pretended to educate Native Americans. Great info. It says so much about the baseness of human nature.
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frenchiel
5.0 out of 5 stars Ebony & Ivy: The Educational Soul of America
Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2013
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Ebony & Ivy demonstrates the beauty of truth-telling and scholary research in a most dignified manner. It does not assign blame, it powerfully connects how things that happened in the past is embodied in the present, and continues to exist in the future.

I believe that Dr. Craig Steven Wilder has gifted us, human kind, with a wealth of knowledge about the creation of educational institutions in America ... the soul of our American civilization.

I am still amazed at how money is raised in the name of one group, but the money is mainly used to finance yet another group.

I would highly recommend this book for all, especially professional educators ... the so called, "keepers-of-the-gate." At this time, I cannot imagine a masters or doctoral degree being conferred without a class using Ebony & Ivy as its core.

Thank you, Dr. Wilder. Thanks to the many who helped to facilitate this scholary work.

In addition, Dr.Wilder, your interview with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now! is gracious, scholarly, magnificent ...!
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Excellent book about slavery in both the North and the South since the beginnings of the USA.
MUST READ!
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