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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Pro and Con Alfred L. Brophy. REPARATIONS PROCON Alfred L. Brophy 3 Oxford University Press, Inc., publishes works that further Oxford. 1 2006 table 1.1 Percentage of Alabamians Favoring Apologies and Payments Blacks.
Pro and Con Alfred L. Brophy. REPARATIONS PROCON Alfred L. Brophy 3 Oxford University Press, Inc., publishes works that further Oxford. 1 2006 table 1.1 Percentage of Alabamians Favoring Apologies and Payments Blacks.
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... payments to individuals. It then turns to a basic definition of reparations: legislative and court action designed to address historic injustices. Reparations are programs that seek both to repair past damage and to build something that ...
... payments to individuals. It then turns to a basic definition of reparations: legislative and court action designed to address historic injustices. Reparations are programs that seek both to repair past damage and to build something that ...
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... payments from the Massachusetts legislature. Similarly, victims of mob violence in the nineteenth century frequently had the right to sue the local government for failure to protect them from violence. One of the most surprising ...
... payments from the Massachusetts legislature. Similarly, victims of mob violence in the nineteenth century frequently had the right to sue the local government for failure to protect them from violence. One of the most surprising ...
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... payments for community-based programs of reparations, and to payments to specific individuals. The proposals move from areas where most people can agree to areas where many will disagree. This way, readers can see what the entire field ...
... payments for community-based programs of reparations, and to payments to specific individuals. The proposals move from areas where most people can agree to areas where many will disagree. This way, readers can see what the entire field ...
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... payment to victims of the 1923 Rosewood Massacre. It contemplated what reparations might look like and how they might lead to interracial justice.2 It also sought to identify new places, like the Tulsa race riot of 1921, where there ...
... payment to victims of the 1923 Rosewood Massacre. It contemplated what reparations might look like and how they might lead to interracial justice.2 It also sought to identify new places, like the Tulsa race riot of 1921, where there ...
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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