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Students have been ‘just as good as the police’ at enforcing the legacy of enslavement that would finance and expand Columbia’s prestige

Experts have long researched the ties between modern policing and the enslavement of Black Americans by white civilian landowners. Columbia and its students have played a part in this history.

By Valeria Escobar, Abby Melbourne, and Dia Gill • July 12, 2020 at 11:24 PM

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