Interesting little page on the rise of universities:
http://www.vlib.us/medieval/lectures/universities.html
A Brief History of Yale:
http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa/YHO/brief_history.html
History of Harvard:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Harvard_University
ZOMG He's using wikipedia for non-controversial basic factual information!!
Definitions of "racism":
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/racism
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/racism
You don't need "genes" for genetics:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwZQCf2rfZs