Long Overdue : : The Politics of Racial Reparations / / Charles P. Henry.
An investigation of America’s failure to atone for the wrongs of slaveryEver since the unfulfilled promise of “forty acres and a mule” after the Civil War, America has consistently failed to compensate Black Americans for the wrongs of slavery. Exploring why America has struggled to confront the iss...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2007] ©2007 |
| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: Insufficient Funds
- 1 A Political and Legal History of Reparations and Race Relations
- 2 From Forty Acres to “We Must Have Our Money”: Reparations from Antebellum to Civil Rights America
- 3 A Winning Case: Comparing the Rosewood and Greenwood Reparations Claims
- 4 The Contemporary Debate: The Legacy of Slavery and the Antireparations Movement
- 5 Reparations Go Global: Pan Africanism and the World Conference against Racism
- 6 A True Revolution of Values: Changing the Culture and Politics of Reparations
- Epilogue: We Are American: The Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author