Craig Steven Wilder, Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America’s Universities. New York: Bloomsbury Press, 2013. From Bloomsbury Press: 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 … Continue reading BOOK: Wilder on Slavery at U.S. Universities
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BOOK: Butchart on Freed People and Education in the U.S. South
Ronald Butchart. Schooling the Freed People: Teaching, Learning, and the Struggle for Black Freedom, 1861-1876. Durham: The University of North Carolina Press, 2010. via University of North Carolina Press: Conventional wisdom holds that freedmen's education was largely the work of privileged, single white northern women motivated by evangelical beliefs and abolitionism. Backed by pathbreaking research, … Continue reading BOOK: Butchart on Freed People and Education in the U.S. South
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