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Slavery and US Colleges: An example of Institutional Racism

The definitive book on the relationship. between American universtiies and slavery
The definitive book on the relationship. between American universtiies and slavery

This informational blog explores the linkages between the institution of Slavery in the United States and American higher education, especially colleges.

This is informational blog is compiled by and reprinted with the permission of Abdul Akailmat, PhD

Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_at_American_colleges_and_universities

Network of institutional self-study of slavery https://slavery.virginia.edu/universities-studying-slavery/ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-slavery-universities-factbox/how-have-british-universities-grappled-with-links-to-the-slave-trade-idUSKCN1S61TX https://www.bbc.com/news/education-48097051

2022 conference https://slavery.virginia.edu/spring-2022-universities-studying-slavery-uss-symposium-call-for-papers/

Books https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/ebony-and-ivy-9781608193837/ https://ugapress.org/book/9780820354439/slavery-and-the-university/

Brown University https://slaveryandjusticereport.brown.edu/

University of Virginia https://vpdiversity.virginia.edu/sites/vpdiversity.virginia.edu/files/PCSU%20Report%20FINAL_July%202018.pdf

Harvard University https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/about-the-institute/our-work/harvard-and-the-legacy-of-slavery-2

Yale University https://yaleandslavery.yale.edu/

Rutgers University https://www.scarletandblack.org/

Columbia University https://columbiaandslavery.columbia.edu/

Princeton University https://slavery.princeton.edu/

MIT https://libraries.mit.edu/mit-and-slavery/

University of North Carolina https://museum.unc.edu/exhibits/show/slavery

University of Mississippi https://slaveryresearchgroup.olemiss.edu/

Georgetown University http://slaveryarchive.georgetown.edu/

University of Chicago https://www.chicagomaroon.com/article/2020/7/29/uchicago-history-slavery-still-present/

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