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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Page vii
... movement for reparations litigation—have given me the pleasure of working with them on the Tulsa riot lawsuit, along with Agniezska Fryzman, Scott Ellsworth, Kimberly Ellis, and Michele Roberts. My other friends from the reparations ...
... movement for reparations litigation—have given me the pleasure of working with them on the Tulsa riot lawsuit, along with Agniezska Fryzman, Scott Ellsworth, Kimberly Ellis, and Michele Roberts. My other friends from the reparations ...
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... Reparations Definitions 3 2. Black (and Other) Reparations in History 19 Part II. Reparations Ascendant: The Recent Renascence of Reparations Debate and Refined Reparations Theory 3. The Modern Black Reparations Movement: Why Now, Why ...
... Reparations Definitions 3 2. Black (and Other) Reparations in History 19 Part II. Reparations Ascendant: The Recent Renascence of Reparations Debate and Refined Reparations Theory 3. The Modern Black Reparations Movement: Why Now, Why ...
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... Reparations skeptics acknowledge the tragedy and injustice, as they must, of ... reparations skeptics focus on the economic and educational opportunities that ... movement. Chapter 1 defines reparations and surveys the forms they take ...
... Reparations skeptics acknowledge the tragedy and injustice, as they must, of ... reparations skeptics focus on the economic and educational opportunities that ... movement. Chapter 1 defines reparations and surveys the forms they take ...
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... movement is also divided between those emphasizing backwardlooking remedies, designed to compensate for decades of slavery and Jim Crow, and those who emphasize forward-looking action, which focuses on building something better for the ...
... movement is also divided between those emphasizing backwardlooking remedies, designed to compensate for decades of slavery and Jim Crow, and those who emphasize forward-looking action, which focuses on building something better for the ...
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... reparations should be paid, while only 5% of whites support them? One clear factor is the continuing concern among blacks about the lack of progress in the post–Civil Rights era United States. The optimism of the Civil Rights movement ...
... reparations should be paid, while only 5% of whites support them? One clear factor is the continuing concern among blacks about the lack of progress in the post–Civil Rights era United States. The optimism of the Civil Rights movement ...
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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