Ebony and Ivy: The Secret History of How Slavery Helped Build America’s Elite Colleges | Democracy Now!

Ebony and Ivy: The Secret History of How Slavery Helped Build America’s Elite Colleges | Democracy Now!

Today we rebroadcast our interview with author Craig Steven Wilder, which was very popular the first time it aired.

"At every moment that there’s a push toward slavery, there’s also anti-slavery. There’s an anti-slavery tradition actually emerging from the 17th century right through the 18th century. And much of it, because it’s an intellectual movement, because it’s a moral and religious movement, is actually housed on campus. And so you have this tension on campus. And I try and actually point that out at various times in the book."