A groundbreaking and incendiary exploration of the intertwined histories of slavery, racism, and higher education in America, from a leading African-American historian.
Craig Steven Wilder is professor of American history at MIT, and has taught at Williams College and Dartmouth College. Wilder grew in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood and received his PhD from Columbia University. He is the author of A Covenant with Color and In the Company of Black Men.
A groundbreaking history that will no doubt contribute to a reappraisal of some deep-rooted founding myths. Kirkus Reviews (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 Wilder provides substantial evidence for his passionate indictment of the pernicious social ideas and practices of the era...'Ebony & Ivy' does force us to confront some uncomfortable truths. -- Glenn C. Altschuler The Boston Globe 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. Washington Post It is Mr. Wilder's vast and often seemingly banal catalog of mercantile transactions, charitable bequests, and academic and administrative appointments-all links in the chain that joins universities to slavery-that lends the book its disturbing power. a passionate recounting of the collective dehumanization of African-Americans coincident with the rise in power and prestige of the Atlantic college, particularly the Ivy League. Wall Street Journal
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