Laughing before you said 10 years ago when you first started you had hair. Guest not a lot but i had hair. Host what started you down the road to actually put it ebony and ivy together . Guest its actually a long story that i can make short. I had just been moving from one job to another in a teaching position and i had just finished a book project and i started out on what i thought was going to be simple book, simple article actually. I was just going to explain how black abolitionist got their education given the fact that they were excluded by race from american colleges. I was just going to tell the story and some of them went to europe. Some of them went to new england and studied privately. Some of them studied privately in the atlantic and they became ministers and teachers and doctors and all sorts of things. But in fact one of the things i got more interested in if they started that project was why they were excluded from these colleges and universities. These colleges in fac
Way he was doing things the could have elevated the two chairmen or ceo but you never know. It is what it is i am happy as i look back with mostly great satisfaction. Host most i think would say you havent had a very successful career. Are you really retired . What is next . Certainly i will not be an executive and a Major Corporation but i am a contributor to force, d. C. Contributor i write a column for a magazine and a board member for a variety of companies and two consulting and i am now involved man with a partner in producing premium mens watches and one of which is right here starting a small automotive venture. I have plenty to keep me busy. Host why i dont call that retired. You have a lot of wisdom that Somebody Just starting a new one to follow in your footsteps of what was a your party words of wisdom be male or female with leadership . First of all, be passionate. If you are passionate about fashion or the furniture business go with that. If its about the hospitality go i
Best interview ive had on the book tour. That makes my day. I like radio three hours is an abundance of time. And i can do so many different things. More with radio talk host. Youre watching cspan2 with politicses and Public Affairs weekdays. Up next on booktv after words with guest host, political activist, and radio host joe madison talking with craig wilder on ebony and ivory. In the book, the myth history chair discusses how the campus of many elite university were not only built by slave labor but funded by from the practice of slavery. This program is about an hour. Host ebony and i i have, a professor wilder, i guess the first question is, how did you start down the road . We were laughing before you said ten years ago when you started you had hair. [laughter] guest i had hair. Not a lot but i had hair. Host what started you down the road to actually put ebony and i had been moving from one job to another. I finished a book project and started out on what i thought was going to
Just got it from charles croppedhammer, the things that matter, his new collection of essays some of which are biographical. That makes my day. Died like radio. Three hours is an abundance of time and i can do so many things. More with radio talkshow host hugh hewitt on cspans q a. You are watching cspan2 with politics and Public Affairs weekdays featuring live coverage of the u. S. Senate, weeknights watch the Public Policy events and every weekend the latest nonfiction authors and books on booktv. You can see past programs and get schedules that our web site and join in the conversation on social media sites. Up next on booktv, afterwards with guest host, political activist and radio host joe madison talking with Craig Steven Wilder on his book ebony and ivy race, slavery, and the troubled history of americas universities. In the book, the mit history shared discusses how the campuses of many of the universities were not only built by slave labor but funded by profits earned from the
Give the fact they were excluded i was going tell the story where some of them went to europe, some went to new england and studied privately. Some studied privately in the atlantic and became teachers and doctors and all sorts of in fact, actually, one of the things i got more interested in as i started the project was why they were excluded from the colleges and universities. These colleges in fact had a long history with black people on campus, and slaves but not as students. They a long history with native americans and native American Students were on campus for 200 years. Host they were doing what . Guest as students for almost 200 years. Host how is it they were able to be on campuses . You write about that. Guest its the beginning of the book. If you think about it, the first attempt to build a college for native American Students is 20 20210 years. The first native minister probably 150 years before the first black minister. That sounds like native americans are privileged, in