William Jewell Was Racist And That's Why You Should Probably Drop Out?!?

It's actually really expensive too . . . 

Because, for better and worse, Google is the new university . . . A quick Internets search reveals that cost per credit hour at William Jewell starts at 400 bucks and rises quickly from there . . . Tuition room & board for a full year runs about 43 GRAND!!!

That's a lot of cash and might not even justify TKC's pre-med, pre-law, communication studies training wherein most of my "university training" was spent explaining the meaningless subtext of Hollywood movies. 

But I digress . . .

Here's the journey of historical discovery from some of our favorite hipsters . . .

Nearly two years ago, students at William Jewell College contacted Dr. Christopher Wilkins, associate professor of history and chair of the department at the school, with questions about the college’s history of slavery. Wilkins, whose ​​expertise is in the U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction, was also curious to do a thorough accounting of the university’s past.

Together, Wilkins, Jewell students, faculty, and alumni formed the Slavery, Memory, and Justice Project. Members of the new initiative looked through thousands of documents—court and census records, wills, and narratives written by enslaved people—covering every aspect of Jewell’s pro-slavery past.

Their findings directly contradict the three historical books that the college promotes as its official history.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

William Jewell students uncover college's pro-slavery past but face opposition from school administration

One entrance to William Jewell College prominently features Jewell Hall at the top of the stairs leading up the hill. SMJP members discovered that the building was constructed using enslaved labor. // Photo by Christina Kirk Nearly two years ago, students at William Jewell College contacted Dr. Christopher Wilkins, associate professor of history and chair of the department at the...