Reparations
Pro and Con
1st Edition
Published on 14. September 2006
306 pages
978-0-19-804134-4 (ISBN)
Description
Today, 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, an expert on racial violence, regards the debate over reparations from the 1700s to the present, examining the arguments on both sides of the current debate. Taking us inside litigation and legislatures past and present, examining failed and successful lawsuits, and reparations actions by legislatures, newspapers, schools, and businesses, including apologies and truth commissions, this book offers a valuable historical and legal perspective for reparations advocates and critics alike.
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Alfred L. Brophy is Reef C. Ivey II Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina. He is the author of Reconstructing the Dreamland: The Tulsa Riot of 1921: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation and Book Reviews Editor of Law and History Review. He contributed to the report to the Tulsa Race Riot Commission, a body created by the Oklahoma Legislature to investigate the riot and make recommendations for reparations. Brophy has appeared on CNN's News Night with Aaron Brown, NBC Nightly News, NPR's "Fresh Air," the "Tavis Smiley Show," and "Talk of the Nation," and has been quoted in such newspapers as the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and Washington Post.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part I. Understanding Reparations: Reparations Definitions, Goals, History, and Theory
- 1. Reparations Definitions
- 2. Black (and Other) Reparations in History
- Part II. Reparations Ascendant: The Recent Renascence of Reparations Debate and Refined Reparations Theory
- 3. The Modern Black Reparations Movement: Why Now, Why, and What?
- 4. Against Reparations
- Part III. Implementing Reparations: Reparations Practice
- 5. Evaluating Reparations Lawsuits
- 6. Legislative Reparations
- Part IV. Possibilities for the Future
- 7. Reparations Future, Realistic Reparations, and Models of Reparations
- Appendices. Documents Related to Reparations
- APPENDIX 1: Special Field Orders, No.15 (1865)
- APPENDIX 2: A Bill (H.R. 29) Relative to Damages Done to Loyal Men, and for Other Purposes [Confiscation] (1867)
- APPENDIX 3: Slavery Study Bill, H.R. 40, 106th Congress, 1st Session (1999)
- APPENDIX 4: California Slavery Era Insurance Registry (2000)
- APPENDIX 5: Chicago Slavery Era Insurance Disclosure Ordinance 2-92-585 (2003)
- APPENDIX 6: President Bush Speaks at Goree Island in Senegal (2003)
- APPENDIX 7: 108th Congress, 2d Session, Senate Joint Resolution 37 (2004)
- APPENDIX 8: United States Senate Apology for Failure to Pass Anti-Lynching Legislation, 109th Congress, 1st Session
- Notes
- For Further Reading
- Index
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