Craig Steven Wilder, talks about âEbony & Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America's Universities,â which uncovers the truth about race, slavery and the academy. Slavery funded colleges, built campuses, and paid professors. In an excerpt from his talk on âCommunism and Jeffersonian Democracyâ Avakian talks about the myth of Jefferson's ideal society and the reality of slavery that was its backbone and continues to influence and shape America.
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