Reparations: Pro and ConToday, the debate over reparations--whether African-Americans should be compensated for decades of racial subjugation--stands as the most racially divisive issue in American politics. In this short, definitive work, Alfred L. Brophy, a leading expert on racial violence, traces the reparations issue from the 1820s to the present in order to assess the arguments on both sides of the current debate. Taking us inside litigation and legislatures past and present; examining failed and successful lawsuits; and exploring reparations actions by legislatures, newspapers, schools, businesses, and truth commissions, this book offers a valuable historical and legal perspective for reparations advocates and critics alike. "A book about reparations and its contentious qualities that is a must-read for all. If you want to know the essence of the debate, this book is for you." --Charles K. Ogletree, Jr., Harvard Law School |
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... legislatures established “black codes,” which restricted movement of the newly freed slaves and subjected them to arrest if they were unemployed. The Jim Crow system of segregation grew up about the same time. That system mandated ...
... legislatures established “black codes,” which restricted movement of the newly freed slaves and subjected them to arrest if they were unemployed. The Jim Crow system of segregation grew up about the same time. That system mandated ...
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... legislature. Similarly, victims of mob violence in the nineteenth century frequently had the right to sue the local ... legislatures have frequently taken action to expose and repair past damage—such as the 1946 federal legislation to ...
... legislature. Similarly, victims of mob violence in the nineteenth century frequently had the right to sue the local ... legislatures have frequently taken action to expose and repair past damage—such as the 1946 federal legislation to ...
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... legislature might do in terms of apologies and legislative action and what they are permitted to do under the Constitution. Because any legislature faced with reparations claims faces very difficult questions about collective guilt and ...
... legislature might do in terms of apologies and legislative action and what they are permitted to do under the Constitution. Because any legislature faced with reparations claims faces very difficult questions about collective guilt and ...
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... legislature, if at all. “Bridging the Color Line” proposes a gradual, political36 process of accommodating the national conscience to reparations—initially through study of the effects of slavery and Jim Crow and then through ...
... legislature, if at all. “Bridging the Color Line” proposes a gradual, political36 process of accommodating the national conscience to reparations—initially through study of the effects of slavery and Jim Crow and then through ...
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Contents
The Recent Renascence of Reparations Debate and Refined Reparations Theory | 53 |
Reparations Practice | 95 |
Part IV Possibilities for the Future | 165 |
Appendices Documents Related to Reparations | 181 |
Notes | 213 |
For Further Reading | 277 |
Index | 281 |
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