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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... School of Law, Vanderbilt University Law School, and Wayne State University. Once again, as with my previous book, Reconstructing the Dreamland: The Tulsa Riot of 1921—Race, Reparations, Reconciliation, my editor, Dedi Felman (this time ...
... School of Law, Vanderbilt University Law School, and Wayne State University. Once again, as with my previous book, Reconstructing the Dreamland: The Tulsa Riot of 1921—Race, Reparations, Reconciliation, my editor, Dedi Felman (this time ...
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... schools like Brown, Sewanee, Vanderbilt, Yale, and the Universities of Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia are investigating their connections to slavery and the institution's defenders. The two sides ...
... schools like Brown, Sewanee, Vanderbilt, Yale, and the Universities of Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia are investigating their connections to slavery and the institution's defenders. The two sides ...
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... school history classes, there is some basic parity. With reparations, judging by public opinion, there is no parity. Reparations are simply viewed with disdain by the vast majority of Americans. Why is this? Perhaps it is because of a ...
... school history classes, there is some basic parity. With reparations, judging by public opinion, there is no parity. Reparations are simply viewed with disdain by the vast majority of Americans. Why is this? Perhaps it is because of a ...
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... schools, frequently make little effort to measure past harm; recognizing that a harm occurred in the past, they are more concerned with trying to design a program to improve the lives of victims into the future.13 Reparations proponents ...
... schools, frequently make little effort to measure past harm; recognizing that a harm occurred in the past, they are more concerned with trying to design a program to improve the lives of victims into the future.13 Reparations proponents ...
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... School Professor Charles Ogletree, a leader of the Reparations Coordinating Committee, a group of lawyers and social scientists whose goal is to coordinate reparations lawsuits and political activism, has recently emphasized four ...
... School Professor Charles Ogletree, a leader of the Reparations Coordinating Committee, a group of lawyers and social scientists whose goal is to coordinate reparations lawsuits and political activism, has recently emphasized four ...
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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